mousseline de soien.
/ˌmuːsəliːn dᵻ ˈswɑː/, /ˌmuːsliːn dᵻ ˈswɑː/, /muːˌsliːn dᵻ ˈswɑː/, U.S. /musəˌlin də ˈswɑ/, /muˌslin də ˈswɑ/ A thin silk fabric with a texture like that of muslin.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > thin or light weight
sendala1225
silk chiffon1530
silk gauze1530
silk jersey1530
patola1605
China silk1614
China-crape1813
senshaw1817
tullec1818
zephyrine1820
mousseline de soie1850
lisse1852
illusion1857
sendaline1866
crêpe de chine1872
louisine1882
chameleon tulle1896
météor1908
1850 Ladies' Gaz. Fashion Aug. 255/1 Plain mousseline de soie..begins to be a good deal seen in half-dress.
1850 Ladies' Gaz. Fashion Aug. 256/2 Pink mousseline de soie robe.
1891 A. Conan Doyle Man with Twisted Lip in Strand Mag. Dec. 631 A little blonde woman stood in the opening, clad in some sort of light mousseline de soie.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 3 May 3/2 A lining of chiffon—or, as we now call it, mousseline de soie.
1961 S. J. Perelman Love sends Little Gift of Noses in Rising Gorge 255 At a soiree in New York, I shared a Lawson couch with a not unattractive person in black mousseline de soie.
1985 R. Davies What's bred in Bone 28 Mary-Jim was modestly done up in tulle and mousseline-de-soie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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