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lisle

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lisle  (ll)
n.
1. A fine, smooth, tightly twisted thread spun from long-stapled cotton.
2. Fabric knitted of this thread, used especially for hosiery and underwear.
[After Lisle (Lille), France.]
lisle [rhymes with mile]
Noun
a strong fine cotton thread or fabric, formerly used to make stockings [after Lisle (now Lille), in France]
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Noun1.lisle - a fabric woven with lisle thread
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"
2.lisle - a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)
lisle thread
cotton - thread made of cotton fibers


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The one with red cheeks is called Miss Smith; she attends to the work, and cuts out--for we make our own clothes, our frocks, and pelisses, and everything; the little one with black hair is Miss Scatcherd; she teaches history and grammar, and hears the second class repetitions; and the one who wears a shawl, and has a pocket- handkerchief tied to her side with a yellow ribband, is Madame Pierrot: she comes from Lisle, in France, and teaches French.
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