
Foulard
WordNet
noun
(1) A light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design)
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A light-weight silk or cotton fabric, often with a printed pattern.
- 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad
- The Empress and the little Grand Duchess wore simple suits of foulard (or foulard silk, I don't know which is proper,) with a small blue spot in it;
- 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad
- A piece of clothing made with this fabric.
Trivia
- Foulard was the winning word at the 7th Scripps National Spelling Bee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripps_National_Spelling_Bee
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