PREFERRED TERM
Tulle
DEFINITION
- n. From the French "tulle" denoting the town of the department of Corrèze, where this fabric was first manufactured. It refers to a fine silk bobbin-net (hexagonal mesh) which was mainly used for women's dresses, veils, hats, etc.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Tulle (tissu)
French
Tulle
Italian
Tul
Spanish
URI
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