voile

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By technique I mean sous-voile, or under-the-veil wine making, a style in which wine is intentionally oxidized.

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  1. noun A light, plain-weave, sheer fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool used especially for making dresses and curtains.

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  • I went on an expedition to Darn Cheap Fabrics in Heidelburg with Livebird this morning.I breezily stated that I probably wouldn't buy anything.I knew it was a lie when I said it...So we have:(L) 4m of voile-ish cotton @ $3.95/m.
  • France's answer to Spain's top-quality dry sherry, these two wines share similarities in the way they are produced, aging under a blanket of yeast, called "voile" in the case of Vin Jaune and "flor" with Sherry.
  • Not in this rig But Frieda If you like it so much," she interrupted, "you wear it--and give me yours Now Marjorie's pink voile was one of her favorite dresses, and she had counted upon wearing it in the evenings all winter. —  The Girl Scouts' Good Turn
  • What is meant by the pile of velvet or carpet Experiment 6--Other Classes of Weave Apparatus: Pick glass, dissecting needle Materials: Samples of satin, voile, lace curtaining, double cloth carpeting Reference: Textiles_, pages 58-64 Satin Weave 1. —  Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
  • She wore a little lingerie frock of white voile, tucked and inset with lace and girdled with pink satin. —  Mary Rose of Mifflin
 

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  1. French, from Old French veile, veil, from Latin vēla, neuter pl. of vēlum, covering.

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  1. French voile, veil. See veil, n.
 

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