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foulard

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fou·lard  (f-lärd)
n.
1. A lightweight twill or plain-woven fabric of silk or silk and cotton, usually having a small printed design.
2. An article of clothing, especially a necktie or scarf, made of this fabric.
[French.]
foulard [fuːˈlɑːd ˈfuːlɑː]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a soft light fabric of plain-weave or twill-weave silk or rayon, usually with a printed design
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) something made of this fabric, esp a scarf or handkerchief
[from French, of unknown origin]
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Noun1.foulard - a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design)
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"


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I do wish you would have that grey satin foulard of yours done up.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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; the dresses were trimmed with blue; both ladies wore broad blue sashes about their waists; linen collars and clerical ties of muslin; low-crowned straw-hats trimmed with blue velvet; parasols and flesh- colored gloves The Grand Duchess had no heels on her shoes.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
But when he saw the girl in the white foulard smile at him from the paling he forgot etiquette and everything else.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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