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lisle

(līl)

1. A fine, smooth, tightly twisted thread spun from long-staple cotton.

2. Fabric knitted of this thread, used especially for hosiery and underwear.

[After Lisle (Lille), France.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

lisle

(laɪl)

(Textiles)

a. a strong fine cotton thread or fabric

b. (as modifier): lisle stockings.

[C19: named after Lisle (now Lille), town in France where this type of thread was originally manufactured]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

lisle

(laɪl)

n.

1. a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.

2. knit goods made of lisle thread.

adj.

3. made of lisle thread.

[1850–55; after Lisle, earlier form of Lille, France, where first made]

Lisle

(lil)

n.

1. Leconte de Lisle.

2. Rouget de Lisle.

3. former name of Lille.

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Noun	1.	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

Translations

фильдеперс

lisle

[laɪl] N → hilo m de Escocia

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lisle

n (also lisle thread) → Florgarn nt; lisle stockings → Baumwollstrümpfe pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lisle

[laɪl]

1. n → filo di Scozia

2. adj (socks) → di filo di Scozia

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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