lisle thread
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lisle thread
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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For instance, already since I had had my own new things I felt that I could never bear to go back to lisle thread or cashmere stockings again.
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Mrs. Oliver Onions
Full-fashioned hose are made in all shades and grades of silk and cotton, in lisle thread, and in all kinds of cashmere, merino, and woolen goods.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
Stout, thick-soled boots, and gloves of either silk, beaver-cloth, or lisle thread, are the most suitable.
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
The gentlemen are clad in underwear of silk or lisle thread and suits of linen, drill or silk, and the ladies are equally coolly apparelled.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White
Sisters of Patience who by reason of ties or duty have endured it in silk, yarn, cotton, lisle thread or woollen—does not the new canto belong?
From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
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