Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A slightly ribbed, woven fabric of silk, cotton, or rayon.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Originally, a hood covering the face, worn by nuns of certain orders; also, a veil worn by women, and covering the head and shoulders, the word having different meanings at different periods from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century.
- n. Hence The material of which such a garment was made.
- n. A silk fabric having a very light “grain” or cord, in distinction from ottoman, which has a heavy cord (gros grain), and from surah, which is twilled.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
Etymologies
- French, from Old North French, cloth head-covering worn by women in Flanders, possibly from Middle Dutch falie, scarf. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“When the dress of silk faille and feathers still hadn't arrived just days before her daughter's bat mitzvah, Lesley Wolman called Savannah, the Santa Monica, Calif., boutique where she'd ordered the dress at a trunk show.”
“One of the master's endless searches was for fabrics that had inner life and light—paper taffeta, silk faille, organza—as well as a firm enough "hand" to hold volumetric shapes made with fewer seams.”
“Prabal Gurung Draped silk faille dress with gazar ruffles.”
“Getty Images Oscar de la Renta featured unapologetic luxury with fabrics like silk faille and a finely detailed orange dress.”
“She called the effect "faille brush stroke print.”
The Wall Street Journal: Designers Take Refuge in Warmer Fabrics
“So, more classic looks, such as white suits with a painted-on print were dominated by show-stopping ball gowns in taffeta and silk faille in colors like coral and pale green, some with embroidery.”
“Mary Pat selected wonderful wedding dresses made with the finest organza, faille, and chiffon silks.”
“The following day, Collins went to the beach to work on her tan, knowing she would have ample opportunity to show it off later when she zipped herself into a too small black faille dress for a party that evening.”
“White blouses had complicated folds and dresses were adorned with floral details and silk faille bows.”
The Wall Street Journal: Luxury-Goods Firms Turn Up Volume on Value
“Manchicourt - Missa "Cuidez vous que Dieu nou faille”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘faille’.
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phrontistery - f
from phrontistery.info
fabaceous, fabiform, fabulist, faburden, face-cord, facetiae, facia, facinorous, factious, factitious, factitive, factive and 418 more...
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Phrases to sort of qualify statements...
The little phrases that signify that your words might not necessarily say exactly what you want to express.
sort of, kind of, as it were, if i may so speak, tanquam, if i may so say, if i may be so bold, if i may use the ..., as ’twere, with respect, if i might add, and so forth and 46 more...
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(more or less) Temporary Urth List
Temporary list is temporary.
Collecting a few words here, which are then to be alloted to other lists.vassal, gnaw, putrescence, liege, pederasty, disseminate, loot, waning, fitful, hiatuse, plow, pious and 292 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1387 more...
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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yardage
types of fabric
cotton, wool, silk, linen, rayon, nylon, spandex, lycra, lurex, goretex, challis, brocade and 77 more...
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best words
nocturne, phocine, faille, eidolon, swale, atelier, empyrean, eponym, linden, adroit, celadon, pasha and 22 more...
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