challis

plural challises

1. countableuncountableA light, soft fabric of silk and worsted, having a printed design.

   "Not all, mamma, because you told us we must find our own dresses, and so we did of course; we bought our winter clothing, and then our summer bonnets, and our challis pour demi saison, and our———"

   1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 9

2. countablemisspellinguncountableMisspelling of chalice.

1. An English surname derived from a Norman habitational name for someone from Eschalle in Pas-de-Calais, France.
2. A small city, the county seat of Custer County, Idaho, United States.