Definition of Plisse

1. a puckered texture of cloth [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plisse

pliohippus
pliosaur
pliosaurs
pliosaurus
pliothermal
pliothermic
pliotron
pliotrons
plipped
plipper
plippers
plipping
pliskie
pliskies
plisky
plisse (current term)
plisses
ploat
ploated
ploating
ploats
ploce
plocytic astrocytoma
plod
plodded
plodder
plodders
plodding
ploddingly
ploddingness

Literary usage of Plisse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The School Journal (1895)
"It is a great pleasure to again remind the hundred thousand subscribers on our lists of our grandest premium Taffeta-plisse, The New Silk Fabric, ..."

2. History of Lace by Bury Palliser (1865)
"... "quilles," now better known as " plisse's à la vieille. ... les jupes en quilles de dentelles plisse'es. ..."

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