cordonnet

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noun

Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc.

OriginFrench cordonnet →
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Meanings

nouncordonnet (countable and uncountable, plural cordonnets)

plural cordonnets

  1. countableuncountableDoubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc.

    This silk is of two kinds , each of which has its first and its second qualities . The name of sewing silk is exclusively appropriated , in France , to the finest of these two species ; the other is called cordonnet or twist.

    1830, John D'Homergue, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Essays on American Silk

Origin

  1. Frenchcordonnet
  2. Englishcordonnet

Borrowed from French cordonnet, diminutive of cordon. See cardon.

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Chicago

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