A thin rich silken material; also, a covering or garment of this material.

With names of special fabrics, as silk camlet, silk canvas, silk chiffon, silk damask, silk drugget, silk gauze, silk jersey, silk velvet, etc.

With names of special fabrics, as silk camlet, silk canvas, silk chiffon, silk damask, silk drugget, silk gauze, silk jersey, silk velvet, etc.

With names of special fabrics, as silk camlet, silk canvas, silk chiffon, silk damask, silk drugget, silk gauze, silk jersey, silk velvet, etc.

Brightly coloured fine silk cloth made by dyeing the thread before weaving; a cloth or sari made of this.

a lightweight silk fabric in plain weave.

a kind of silk crape.

A Chinese gauze-like silk fabric. Also attributive, as senshaw silk.

A fine silk bobbin-net used for women's dresses, veils, hats, etc.

A thin, light dress fabric, typically made of silk; a garment made of this.

A thin silk fabric with a texture like that of muslin.

A kind of silk gauze.

A name given to a thin and very transparent kind of tulle.

= sendal, n.

The French word for crape, n. (used in that language in the early wider sense, and including crêpe anglais, which is called crape in English), often…

(See quot. 1882.)

A kind of silk crêpe fabric backed with satin. rare.