challis
/ˈʃalɪs
/ /ˈʃali /noun [mass noun]
A lightweight soft clothing fabric made from silk and worsted.Choose a variety of coordinating prints and solids in fabrics like crinkled and/or patterned velvet or velveteen, lightweight brocade, satin, wool, rayon challis and mediumweight silk....
- Very loosely woven fabrics, fluid fabrics such as rayon challis and some hand-woven fabrics may need more staystitching to control stretching and raveling.
- A subtle palette of brown and white accented with deep blue is the common thread that runs throughout the house - in dark wood furniture and tactile fabrics, such as mohair, linen, tattersall, and challis.
Origin
Mid 19th century: origin uncertain; perhaps from the surname Challis.
Rhymes
- stridulous
- strife
- strigil
- strigose
- strikable
- strike
- strike a balance
- strike a blow for (or against)
- strike a blow for (or at/against)
- strike a chord
- strike a discordant note
- strike a light
- strike an attitude (or pose)
- strike at the root (or roots) of
- strike back
- strike-break
- strike-breaker
- strike force
- strike gold
- strike hands
- strike home
- strike in
- strike (it) lucky
- strike it rich
- strike me lucky (or pink)