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.
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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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Suppose we call it barege, and let it go at that?
From The Gates of Chance by Van Tassel Sutphen
Her aunt smiled, and gave Tillie her brown barege veil; and the little girl spread it tenderly over the top of the shawl, saying, 'There, my baby, don't cry any more.'
From Little Mittens for The Little Darlings Being the Second Book of the Series by Aunt Fanny
I had on an old drab skirt, my water-proof cloak, and a venerable straw hat trimmed with green, with a blue barege veil falling from its brim.
From Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California by Mary E. (Mary Evarts) Anderson
Imagine the green barege veil then; for it remained always down over her face.
From Balcony Stories by Grace E. King
She had on a white barege dress, very simple, but extremely pretty.
From Virgin Soil by R. S. Townsend
A curtain of green barège, supported by a rod and rings, formed the door.
From The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid
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
She may be a little over thirty; she is dressed in a little barège dress, with a pattern of faint green moss.
From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter
"Only fancy that wretch Stepanida has spoilt the bodice of the barège dress!"
From Love by Constance Garnett
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