alamode

American  

[al-uh-mohd] / ˈæl əˌmoʊd /

noun

1. a lightweight, glossy silk fabric used in the manufacture of scarfs, hoods, etc.

2. à la mode.

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alamode British  

/ ˈæləˌməʊd /

noun

1. a soft light silk used for shawls and dresses, esp in the 19th century See also surah

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Etymology

Origin of alamode

C17: from _{à la mode}

Example Sentences

But she was a kindly soul, who had not forgotten the gift of my Lady Squander's pink alamode.

From Audrey by Johnston, Mary

On first night of the news plaintiff was quite delirious; took six plates of alamode beef, and two pots of porter.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 4, 1841 by Various

Their works are all Parian marble, alabaster, porphyry, and royal cement; they treat of nothing but heroic deeds, mighty things, grave and difficult matters, and this in a crimson, alamode, rhetorical style.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

His taste in cookery, formed in subterranean ordinaries and alamode beefshops, was far from delicate.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

We had also alamode beef, cold fowl, a loin of veal, a dessert, and excellent wine.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes