lisse
[ lees ]
noun
a fine, filmy, lightly crinkled gauze fabric used in strips for making ruching or for finishing garments.
Origin of lisse
11850–55; <French (crêpe) lisse smooth (crepe), derivative of lisser to smooth, polish, Old French lischier, licier<Medieval Latin lixāre to leach, derivative of Late Latin lixa lye; cf. lixivium
Words Nearby lisse
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How to use lisse in a sentence
The word goddesse was probably substituted for lisse, because the latter was obsolescent.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerI often visited Herr Hiemann lisse, a plump little man of enlightened mind and cheerful disposition.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon MaimonSunedei is ihaten es lauerdes dei ec e dei of blisse of lisse of alle irest.
Tapestry is woven in two ways, by a high or by a low-warp loom (haute-lisse or basse-lisse), vertical or horizontal.
Needlework As Art | Marian AlfordThen the hat en suite, pale-grey lisse, white feather and brilliant buckle.
A Duet | Arthur Conan Doyle
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