balayeusen.
/balɛˈjəːz//baleɪˈjəːz/, U.S. /bæleɪˈjəz/ Dressmaking.
(See quot. 1882.)
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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 18/2 Balayèuse, or Sweeper.—A French term to signify the frilling of material or lace which lines the extreme edge of a dress skirt to keep the train clean as it sweeps along the floor. The balayèuse is allowed to project beyond the edge of the dress, so as to form a decorative as well as a useful trimming.
1894 Daily News 20 Jan. 5/7 Three flounces of..silk forming a richly-rustling balayeuse beneath the hem.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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