cloth of tissue

noun

A kind of rich silk velvet cloth with loops of gold thread woven into the pile.

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Meanings

nouncloth of tissue (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableA kind of rich silk velvet cloth with loops of gold thread woven into the pile.
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    A joy it was to see such a shifting maze of velvets, furs, curious needleworks and cloth of tissue, tiffanies, laces, ruffs, goodly chains and carcanets of gold: such glitter of jewels and weapons: such nodding of the plumes the Demons wore in their hair, half veiling the horns that grew upon their heads.

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 4
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cloth of tissue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloth%20of%20tissue

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“cloth of tissue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloth%20of%20tissue. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloth of tissue,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloth%20of%20tissue.

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