matelassé

noun

A heavy fabric, composed of two layers of cloth, used to form a quilted surface.

“matelassé silks”

OriginFrench matelassé →
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Meanings

nounmatelassé (countable and uncountable, plural matelassés)

plural matelassés

  1. countableuncountableA heavy fabric, composed of two layers of cloth, used to form a quilted surface.
adjectivematelassé (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOrnamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of quilting, the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares or lozenges in relief.

    matelassé silks

Origin

  1. Frenchmatelassé“cushioned, covered as with a mattress”
  2. Englishmatelassé

French matelassé (“cushioned, covered as with a mattress”).

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