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plissé, n. and a.|plise| [Fr., pa. pple. of plisser to pleat.] A. n. A piece of fabric shirred or gathered into narrow pleats; a gathering of pleats. Also in Comb.
1873Young Englishwoman June 286/1 The front width of the skirt is trimmed with a blue plissé, headed with a deep flounce. 1880[see gold1 8 b]. 1920Glasgow Herald 13 Nov. 4 Plissé is the last word in style, and the latest knitted frocks have wide borders done in ribbed work that spring out into plissés. 1954Sun (Baltimore) 8 May 5 (Advt.), Glamour gown... Made of Strat-o-Sheer plisse. 1969Sears Catal. Spring/Summer 11 Cool, comfortable Plissé-textured Pajamas of 80% cotton, 20% polyester. B. adj. Formed into small pleats.
1875[see elbow-sleeve s.v. elbow n. 5]. 1895Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 12/2 Printed plisse silk, 20 inches wide. This is the newest idea in gauffre or crinkled silks... It is a small, crinkly stripe pattern in white grounds over which is printed..floral designs. 1928Times 9 May 10/6 A train of lime green and silver tissue, lined with plissé chiffon. 1962J. T. Marsh Self-Smoothing Fabrics iv. 40 Combinations of various factors are capable of disguising creases, as in crepes, seersuckers and plissé fabrics, but other combinations may accentuate the crease. 1967Singha & Massey Indian Dances xv. 130 Over these they wore plissé skirts made of stiff material in three tiers the longest of which reached several inches above the knee. |