faille

[ fahyl, feyl; French fa-yuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

faille

/ feɪl; faj /

Origin of faille¹

1520–30; < Middle French, Old French; of obscure origin

Origin of faille¹

C16: from French: head covering, hence, fabric used for this, of obscure origin

Thus, as Frontback founder and CEO Frederic della Faille puts it, “My face is the caption of the photo.”

They resided comfortably alongside Chantilly lace, silk faille, and his contented clients of a certain age.

Wu certainly can craft a magical moment with silk faille coats, feather-embellished skirts, and embroidered dresses.

Lucille's dress of light blue faille silk, garnished with pearls and guipure lace, was very becoming.

To this class belong the grosgrains, Ottoman, faille Francaise—a silk resembling grosgrain, but softer and brighter.

Faille Francaise—A soft, lustrous silk of wider cord than grosgrain, but narrower than ottoman.

Faille and Bouchot, expecting to succeed, paid the money; they failed while the bottles were making.

Depesches la responce a fin que Je ne faille et ne ^vous fies de ceste entreprinse a vostre frere.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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