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mousseline de soie

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mousseline de soie  (d swä)
n. pl. mousse·lines de soie (ms-ln)
A fine crisp fabric made of silk or rayon.

[French : mousseline, muslin + de, of + soie, silk.]

mousseline de soie French [muslin də swa]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a thin gauzelike fabric of silk or rayon
[literally: muslin of silk]


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In a low chair beneath a red shaded standing lamp sat Ida, in a diaphanous evening dress of mousseline de soie, the ruddy light tinging her sweet childlike face, and glowing on her golden curls.
As we approached, the door flew open, and a little blonde woman stood in the opening, clad in some sort of light mousseline de soie, with a touch of fluffy pink chiffon at her neck and wrists.
 
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