Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An Asian silkworm, the larva of a large saturniid moth (Antheraea paphia), that produces a coarse brownish or yellowish silk.
- n. The silk produced by this worm or a fabric woven from it.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of tussore.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Antheræa mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.
WordNet 3.0
- n. oriental moth that produces brownish silk
Etymologies
- Hindi tasar, from Sanskrit tasaram, shuttle (probably from the shape of its cocoon). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The silk produced by the wild worms of China and India is called "tussah" (or "tussur").”
“For those of you out there that want to knit with silk, but the tussah is still beyond your eco-reach, for whatever reason, have I got a silk for you.”
“Comprised of designer Lika Volkova and sustainable production veteran Alessandro De Vito, SANS pushes the envelope with innovative shapes in sustainable materials such as bamboo, tussah silk and organic cotton and wool.”
SUSTAINABLE STYLE SUNDAY: SANS Future Forward Fashion | Inhabitat
“A pattern, and TWO skeins of Susie's 50% tussah silk/50% merino yarn in the Midnight Rainbow/Harlot's Peacock colorway.”
“Nancy Finn at Chasing Rainbows dyes lovely silk caps and tussah and and and...”
“I also ordered 5 pounds of tussah silk for dyeing and blending.”
“First on the needles, though, is champagne-colored lace-weight 100% tussah silk I picked up.”
“Wild silk or tussah comes from a wild species of moth, usually the tussah silkworm.”
“The sleeve conductor, which is also of copper tinsel, is then braided over the structure so formed, after which two reverse wrappings of tussah silk are served on, and this is covered by a cotton braid and this in turn by a heavy linen or polished cotton braid.”
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
“This is then covered with two layers of tussah silk, laid in reverse wrappings, then there is a heavy cotton braid, and over the latter a linen braid.”
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tussah’.
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Silk
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It's a Lepidopteran
Names of butterflies and moths that I find interesting, and terms associated with citizens of Lepidoptera.
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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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Haberdashery
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