barege
noun
a sheer fabric constructed in a leno weave of silk warp and cotton or worsted filling, often used to make veils and dresses.
barege
American
[buh-rezh]
/ bəˈrɛʒ /
Or
barège
noun
barège
British
/ barɛʒ /
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of barege
First recorded in 1805–15; after Barèges, town in southern France (Hautes-Pyrénées)
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You will have a barege dress, which, with the increased price of linings and trimmings and making, will cost before it is ready to be worn fifteen more.
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
For deep mourning, the dress should be of bombazine, Parramatta cloth, delaine, barege, or merino, made up over black lining.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley
A barege, trimmed with narrow ruches of white silk ribbon, placed upon the edge, has the appearance of being pinked at the edge.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by
Suppose we call it barege, and let it go at that?
From The Gates of Chance by Van Tassel Sutphen
The gingham will last longer than the barege, and will be good for more uses after it is outworn as a dress.
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
There are a great many black lace schales, embroidered muslins, printed barège, square or long, with cashmere patterns.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
She was dressed in a light-blue barège, with low neck and short sleeves, and wore coral beads in her hair, white satin slippers, and a pair of yellow gloves.
From What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
She was a thin, cold, phantom-like woman, shrouded in water-proofs and green barège veils.
From Men, Women, and Ghosts by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
The dress in the first of the above figures is of a plaided barège, of a delicate pink.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various
"Only fancy that wretch Stepanida has spoilt the bodice of the barège dress!"
From Love by Constance Garnett
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