taffeta
[taf-i-tuh]
noun
a medium-weight or light-weight fabric of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk, usually smooth, crisp, and lustrous, plain-woven, and with a fine crosswise rib effect.
any of various other fabrics of silk, linen, wool, etc., in use at different periods.
adjective
of or resembling taffeta.
Origin of taffeta
1325–75; Middle English taffata < Medieval Latin ≪ Persian tāftah silken or linen cloth, noun use of past participle of tāftan to twist, spin
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Contemporary Examples of taffeta
In the Forum Club, there is taffeta and lace, leather and gold.
Historical Examples of taffeta
How does this design differ from the taffeta with the design?
Clothing and HealthHelen Kinne
The curtain, of taffeta, cut cross-wise, is not gathered in the seam.
And the knight, Sir Oliver Lollio, swore he would bestow a taffeta petticoat on thee, but to break his fast with thee.
Taffeta and silk, as well as fine parchment, were used for the mounts.
Instinctively she sensed when taffeta was to be superseded by foulard.
Half PortionsEdna Ferber
taffeta
noun
Word Origin for taffeta
C14: from Medieval Latin taffata, from Persian tāftah spun, from tāftan to spin
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