georgette

plural georgettes

1. countableuncountableA thin lightweight silk or cotton fabric with a matte finish.

   Silk chiffon and silk georgette. Two thin, thin materials that cannot be confused with each other.

   2004, Monika Fagerholm, Translator Kathleen Tucker, The American Girl, Other Press, published 2009, page 62

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   She looked away from the stage at an enormously stout lady promenading in a black and salmon georgette dress.

   1928, Jean Rhys, Quartet, Penguin, published 2000, page 68

   Martha began sarcastically to explain why it was that even if she had been twelve she could not have worn this pink frilled georgette to the Van Rensbergs' house, since nice little English girls were not for export.

   1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 73

   I turned, and saw that Josella had come into the room. She was wearing a long, pretty frock of palest blue georgette with a little jacket of white fur.

   1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 87

1. A female given name from French.