plissé
noun
plis·sé pli-ˈsā 
variants or plisse
1
: a fabric with a plissé finish
2
: a textile finish of permanently puckered designs formed by treating with a sodium hydroxide solution
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Wallpaper print has enjoyed a revival in 2020, as plisse, damask and toile de jouy prints made their return onto whimsical apparel this spring. 
Rachel Besser, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2020 An intarsia velvet plisse dress, which took 960 hours to make, had blown-up baroque motifs. Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 5 July 2017
Rachel Besser, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2020 An intarsia velvet plisse dress, which took 960 hours to make, had blown-up baroque motifs. Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 5 July 2017 Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, noun derivative from masculine past participle of plisser "to fold, pleat, crease," going back to Middle French, probably verbal derivative of plis, plural of pli "fold, pleat" — more at ply entry 2
Note: Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (vol. 9, p. 74, note 16) suggests that alternatively the derivation may have been modeled on plais "hedge made from interweaved branches" : plaissier "to interweave branches to form a hedge".
First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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