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‖ tilleul
[F. tilleul (tijœl) linden-tree:—L. *tiliolus, dim. of *tilius = tilia linden.]
1. A lime or linden-tree.
1530Palsgr 281/1 Tylleull, a kynde of frute [error for tree], tilleul. 1825–9Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor II. xiv. 180 The gardens of orange trees; the avenues of tilleul; the groves of myrtle.
2. attrib.
a. Name of a shade of colour: a pale yellowish green like that of the leaves of the lime-tree.
1884Cassell's Fam. Mag. May 371/2 A light tilleul ground, just the tint of lettuce, shot with white. 1909Daily Chron. 26 June 4/5 Lady St. Germans..becomingly dressed in tilleul voile.
b. tilleul tea, an infusion of lime-tree flowers, used as a remedy for headache, etc.
1908Daily Chron. 14 Nov. 4/4 Ordinary tea [has been replaced] by the bitter-tasted tilleul variety, which was first on show at an hotel in Paris. |