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

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alamode

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 Horatio Robert Forbes Brown

You say right, Lady: phisiognomy and chiromancy are but trifles; nay, your geomancie meere coniecturall, the execution of your schemes circumstantiall and fallible, but your quaint alamode weare of your fancie more then astrologicall.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

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

From Audrey by Mary Johnston

In an account-book of Sarah Fell of Swarthmoor Hall in 1673, are these items: "a black alamode whiske for Sister Rachel; a round whiske for Susanna; a little black whiske for myself."

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

The round of beef is the best piece to alamode.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous