gros de Tours

[ groh duh-toor; French groh duh-toor ]

noun
  1. a ribbed silk fabric made with a two- or three-ply warp interlaced with organzine and tram filling.

Origin of gros de Tours

1
1790–1800; <French: literally, Tours gross; cf. grosgrain

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How to use gros de Tours in a sentence

  • Fig. 18 is a gros de Tours with two picks on four harness straight through.

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