plissé
Americannoun
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a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
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a usually lightweight fabric having this finish.
noun
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fabric with a wrinkled finish, achieved by treatment involving caustic soda
cotton plissé
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such a finish on a fabric
Etymology
Origin of plissé
1870–75; < French plissé, noun use of past participle of plisser to pleat; see ply 2
Example Sentences
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There were “Working Girl” blouses that were given a promotion to the executive suite with crocodile-print leather skirts, plissé polka-dot dresses and sac-backed trench coats belted around the hips.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
For evening, models wore ethereal long silk plissé dresses in soft shades of mustard, plaster, or Dior gray.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2021
For the finale, lightweight, angel-sleeved plissé dresses in tart hues — raspberry, tangerine — swept through, the models adorned with matching floral headpieces made of chrysanthemums and orchids.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2018
This one, in black silk, has a bodice of trapped sequins and a swirling skirt of plissé.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2012
In her wardrobe accounts are mentioned, in 1771, head-dress, throatlets, fichus, and ruffles, "all plissé de Vraie Valenciennes."
From Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Lowes, Emily Leigh
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