tricolette

[ trik-uh-let ]

noun

a knitted fabric made of silk or synthetic yarn, used in the manufacture of wearing apparel.

Origin of tricolette

¹

1915–20; trico(t) + (flanne)lette

Words Nearby tricolette

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How to use tricolette in a sentence

The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman | Emma Speed Sampson
The dress was of silky changeable tricolette, the skirt plain.
Her Father's Daughter | Gene Stratton-Porter

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