gros de Tours
[ groh duh-toor; French groh duh-toor ]
noun
a ribbed silk fabric made with a two- or three-ply warp interlaced with organzine and tram filling.
Origin of gros de Tours
11790–1800; <French: literally, Tours gross; cf. grosgrain
Words Nearby gros de Tours
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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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