tussah
or tus·seh
[tuhs-uh]
- a tan silk from India.Compare Shantung(def 2a).
- the silkworm of an oriental moth of the genus Antheraea, as A. mylitta, that produces this silk.
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Also tus·ser, tus·sor, tus·sur [tuhs-er] /ˈtʌs ər/, tus·sore [tuhs-awr, -ohr] /ˈtʌs ɔr, -oʊr/.
Origin of tussah
1580–90; earlier tusser < Hindi tasar shuttle < Sanskrit tasara, trasara kind of silkworm
Also called wild silk.
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Examples from the Web for tussah
Contemporary Examples
But give 13-year-old Tussah Heera credit: How would you do on national television if you were asked to spell “herniorrhaphy”?
Historical Examples
Bengal has furnished the Tussah moth, which lives in India on the oak and a variety of other trees.
Our Common InsectsAlpheus Spring Packard
Over this is placed one braid of tussah silk and an outer braid of cotton.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1Kempster Miller
The silk produced by the wild worms of China and India is called “tussah” (or “tussur”).
TextilesWilliam H. Dooley
The China silk was dissolved by this reagent; Tussah silk and the lustra-celluloses entirely resisted its action.
Researches on CelluloseC. F. Cross