• When as an adjective it refers to any fabric with a resemblance or with a moiré effect, that is, a fabric which resembles the rippled effect.

• Conditions and effects for textiles by their visual aspects

• Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Stevenson, Angus, ed. Oxford Dictionary of English. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2010.

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