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mousseline de soie

American  
[moos-leen duh swah] / mus lin də ˈswɑ /

noun

French.
  1. a thin, stiff silk or rayon fabric.


mousseline de soie British  
/ muslin də swa /

noun

  1. a thin gauzelike fabric of silk or rayon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mousseline de soie

Literally, “muslin of silk”

Example Sentences

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"A wrap made of passementerie and jet, with a mousseline de soie ruche about the neck held by a chou, would make it fascinating."

From The Pursuit of the House-Boat by Bangs, John Kendrick

The textures most in vogue are light silks, taffetas, barèges, mousseline de soie, valencias, plain and printed cambric muslins, jaconets, &c.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various

She was dressed in black mousseline de soie.

From Leonora by Bennett, Arnold

It was made from a material which fashion names mousseline de soie one year and something else another.

From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

It was of mousseline de soie, trimmed with English point.

From A Royal Prisoner by Souvestre, Pierre

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