souple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of souple
1885–90; short for French soie souple supple silk
Example Sentences
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I'm wonderful souple in my limbs, considerin' everythin'; for the same house would give a snipe a cowld.
From Love of Brothers by Tynan, Katharine
Tram No. 1—14/16 $4.00 .40 black souple 44 oz.
From Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics by Wolfensberger, Arnold
George Sand has somewhere a charming passage about the mildness, the convenient quality, of the physical conditions of central France—"son climat souple et chaud, ses pluies abondantes et courtes."
From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph
Ye've a pair o' guid souple shanks o' your ain.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
The silk is now finer and harder and is known as "souple."
From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz
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