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moire

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moire  (mwär, mwä-r, môr, mô-r)
n.
A watered or moiré fabric.
[French; see moiré.]
moire [mwɑː]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fabric, usually silk, having a watered effect
[from French, earlier mouaire, from mohair]
moire - Having a variegated or clouded appearance, like that of watered silk.
See also related terms for variegated.
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Noun1.moire - silk fabric with a wavy surface patternmoire - silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
watered-silk
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Adj.1.moire - (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern
watered
patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
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[147] They wore, besides their ribbons of blue moire, the silver dove on the shoulder, and the long mantle of sombre blue velvet lined with yellow satin.
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