souple

American  

[suhp-uhl] / ˈsʌp əl /

noun

1. silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.

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Etymology

Origin of souple

1885–90; short for French soie souple supple silk

Example Sentences

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souple

Juve, alert, souple, robust, Juve in his full vigour, in the prime of life!

From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre

The silk is now finer and harder and is known as "souple."

From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz

Although he has painted hosts of excellent dog pictures, cats are his favorites, on account, as he says, of "les formes fines et gracieux; mouvements, souple et subtil."

From Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others by Winslow, Helen M.

Now safe the stately sawmont sail, And trouts be-dropp’d wi’ crimson hail, And eels weel ken’d for souple tail, And geds for greed, Since dark in death’s fish-creel we wail Tam Samson dead.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

That done, he fleaeth it, and taweth the skinne betwixte his handes, vntill it become very souple and soft and kiepeth it for a hande kercher.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard