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chiffon
(ˈʃɪfɒn, ‖ ʃifɔ̃)
[F.; = ‘tout ajustement de femme ne servant qu' à la parure’ (Littré), primarily piece of old cloth, paper, etc., rag; f. chiffe rag.]
1. pl. Ornamental adjuncts of a lady's dress, ‘fal-lals’; colloquially extended to matters of feminine dress considered as an object of ornament or display.
1765Earl of March Let. 28 Sept. in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & Contemporaries (1843) I. 410 She wanted to get back to all her chifons, contrary to my inclination. 1803Lett. Miss Riversdale I. 126 Every one of my things was crushed and spoilt—and the sweetest—most elegant chiffons. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xxxix, It would stand out well among the fashionable chiffons. 1885Pall Mall G. 18 June 3 With various chiffons here and there, perhaps a bit of Japanese silk bunched out behind or swaddled up in front into a knot or a bow. 1888E. M. Marsh in Gd. Words May 339 Tea and chiffons become monotonous. Mod. ‘What did you and Miss B. talk about?’ ‘Oh! chiffons!’
2. A diaphanous plain-woven fabric of fine hard-twisted yarn (orig. silk, later nylon, etc.); also attrib., sometimes with sense ‘light in weight’.
1890Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Feb. 3/2 The..tea-gown was a combination of white chiffon and yellow silk. 1900[see mousseline 1 c]. 1904Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 8/1 Chiffon cloth. 1905Westm. Gaz. 20 Apr. 4/2 Chiffon-like muslin. 1908Costumes Classical & Fashionable (Liberty & Co.) 12 Under⁓dress in chiffon velvet. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 36/2 The term chiffon is also sometimes used to describe a lighter weight of a particular material, e.g. chiffon velvet, chiffon lisle.
3. chiffon pie, a baked pie-shell with a light-textured filling, containing beaten egg whites or a gelatine mixture, flavoured with fruit, etc.
1929Fashions in Foods (Beverly Hills Women's Club) 155 Chiffon pumpkin pie. 1931I. S. Rombauer Joy of Cooking (1936) 363 Lemon chiffon pie. Ibid. 364 Gelatine chiffon cream pies. 1937America's Cook Book 653 Lemon Chiffon Pie, Gelatin..water..eggs..sugar..salt..grated lemon rind..lemon juice..pastry..shell..cream. 1946H. Croome Faithless Mirror iii. 36 She had cleared away the chicken and brought in a lemon chiffon pie. 1958Woman 4 Oct. 23/1 What about Butterscotch Chiffon Pie?.. You can serve it, like cake, with coffee or as a dinner sweet. 1960Guardian 10 Nov. 9/6 Pineapple chiffon pie.
Hence chiffony |ˈʃɪfənɪ| a., of the nature of or resembling chiffon.
1902Daily Chron. 9 July 8/2 Billowy ruffles and chiffony hats. 1904Westm. Gaz. 23 June 4/2 Taffeta and silk muslins, as we call these chiffony soft stuffs. |