单词 | paillette |
释义 | pailletten.adj. A. n. 1. A small piece of glittering foil, glass, or other shiny material used to decorate a garment; a spangle. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > other jace1399 loopa1475 shakers1506 aglet1530 nerve1531 pipe1533 targeting1563 pinion1583 pinioning1597 tzitzit1618 loop-lace1632 button1671 tip1681 fal-lal1703 falbala1705 furbelow1706 jewelling1718 weeper1724 pompom1748 chiffons1765 foliage-trimming1818 mancheron1822 piping1825 manchette1835 patte1835 streamer1838 waterfall1841 paillette1843 brandenburgs1873 motif1882 patch1884 smocking1888 jockey1896 strapping1898 steel1899 sparklet1902 slotting1923 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 479/1 Spangles or paillettes, which are small round leaves of metal, pierced in the middle, and used for ornamenting garments, are also formed of wire. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 7/3 The dress is..embroidered in a design of Wisteria, carried out in paillettes of burnished silver. 1926 Brit. Weekly 23 Sept. 514/5 Evening frocks glittering with sequins and paillettes. 1947 New Yorker 22 Mar. 86/2 Black spiderweb lace, picked out with tiny paillettes, makes a wonderful bouffant..skirt. 1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 20 Nov. ii. 3/1 Even the most assiduous recycler might pale at the thought of wearing a top of paillettes fashioned from..rings cut from Coke cans. 2. A piece of coloured foil or bright metal, used in enamel painting and decorative art. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > enamelling > [noun] > other materials paillon1865 paillette1878 1878 F. W. Rudler in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 184/2 The lights were picked out in gold, while the brilliant effect of gems was obtained by the use of paillettes, or coloured foils. 1894 Times 7 Apr. 9/5 A triptych, of Limoges enamel..in brilliant colours, with paillets of foil, date about 1490. 1996 L. O'Keeffe Shoes ix. 496 Shimizu..fashioned this ‘Chaussure de Poisson’ by embedding snippets of leather and paillettes into a clay fish sculpture complete with pouting mouth. B. adj. = pailletted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > other cudgelled1598 semined1604 story-wrought1608 well-laced1664 goffered1706 cockaded1713 epauletted1810 aiguilletted1841 fussy1858 sashed1869 overtrimmed1872 tabbed1872 pailletted1892 strapped1892 paillette1896 bullioned1902 1896 Times 23 June 10/1 The Princess of Wales wore a gown of black velvet trimmed silver paillette embroidery. 1914–5 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 32 All White Evening Dress of Paillette Silk and Allover Shadow Lace. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Jan. (Mag. section) 22 Rosemary Peck's brilliant paillette hairpicks..will put a new twist in your chignon. 1998 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 12 Nov. (Tempo section) 1 The most outstanding pieces were paillette skirts and dresses that had a shiny turtle shell-like veneer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1843 |
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