peau de soie
noun
¦pōdə¦swä
: a silk or rayon dress fabric with a smooth satiny texture and a fine ribbed or grained surface
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, skin of silk
- gas station
- gas storage
- gas tank
- gas thermometer
- gas trap
- gas tube
- gas turbine
- gas turbine locomotive
- gas vent
- gas warfare
- gas welding
- gas well
- gas zone
- gas-electric
- gas-filled tube
- gas-fired
- gas-guzzler
- gas-guzzlers
- gas-guzzling
- gas-liquid chromatographic
- gas-liquid chromatography
- gas-operated
- gasal
- gasaliers
- gasbag