marquisetten.
/ˌmɑːkᵻˈzɛt/, U.S. /ˌmɑrkwəˈzɛt/, /ˌmɑrkiˈzɛt/ A type of machine-made net fabric produced on a leno loom or a Raschel lace machine.Originally of silk and used esp. in dressmaking; from the mid 20th cent. usually of cotton or synthetic fibre and used mainly for net curtains.
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1908 Tatler 6 May (Suppl.) p. iv A simple house gown of black marquisette.
1909 Daily Chron. 12 Apr. 7/1 The soft marquisettes and satin-faced foulards.
1928 Times 9 May 11/3 A picture gown of fine gold embroidered marquisette, over peach georgette.
1957 New Yorker 5 Oct. 110/1 Its dazzling décolletage veiled in black marquisette.
1968 E. Gale From Fibres to Fabrics xii. 132 Some marquisettes are not woven, but are produced on a simple type of lace machine.
1986 P. Earnshaw Lace Machines & Machine Laces ii. 54 (caption) Raschel marquisette in synthetic yarn, with the inlay threads shogged asymmetrically.
1986 P. Earnshaw Lace Machines & Machine Laces ii. 55 A simple marquisette is sometimes called filet net, after the square-meshed knotted nets made by hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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