marseilles

¹ American  

[mahr-seylz] / mɑrˈseɪlz /

noun

1. a thick cotton fabric woven in figures or stripes with an embossed effect, chiefly for bedspreads and other coverings.

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Marseilles ² American  

[mahr-sey] / mɑrˈseɪ /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in SE France.

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Marseilles Cultural  

1. City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea; the second-largest city in France, after Paris, and its main seaport.

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“The Marseillaise,” France's national anthem, is so named because it was a martial song popular with soldiers from Marseilles, who sang it upon entering Paris in 1792.

Etymology

Origin of marseilles

First recorded in 1755–65; after Marseilles

Example Sentences

There was a neatness and uniformity too, in his dress—he might have been known by his blue coat, white marseilles vest, black pantaloons, and linen cambric napkin....

From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Comfield, Amelia Stratton

Mother, the shirts were a real godsend, they do first rate; I like the fancy marseilles collar and wrist-bands.

From The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion by Whitman, Walt

This morning he was dressed in a suit of the lightest gray, with a white marseilles waistcoat, over which his glittering chain shone ostentatiously.

From A Mountain Woman by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson

“I’ll buy you a white marseilles bedspread on our way back from the walk,” he offered gravely.

From The Squirrel-Cage by Williams, John Alanzo

The waistcoat may be of the same material, or white duck or marseilles may be worn.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson