tullen.
/t(j)uːl/ a. A fine silk bobbin-net used for women's dresses, veils, hats, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > thin or light weight
sendala1225
silk chiffon1530
silk gauze1530
silk jersey1530
patola1605
China silk1614
China-crape1813
senshaw1817
tullec1818
zephyrine1820
mousseline de soie1850
lisse1852
illusion1857
sendaline1866
crêpe de chine1872
louisine1882
chameleon tulle1896
météor1908
c1818 Mrs. Carey Tour in France (1823) xv. 310 This imitation is of silk, called tulle, from the name of the town where it is principally made.
1868 Morning Star 7 Mar. Her Royal Highness..wore. a petticoat of white tulle over rich glacé silk.
1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children ix. 68 The effect of the sweeping train, the shower of tulle which fell from the golden coronet of her hair.
b. tulle gras n. (tulle gra) [French gras fatty] a gauze dressing for the skin impregnated with petroleum jelly.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > gauze or oiled silk, etc.
cering-cloth1480
cered cloth1541
cerecloth1547
protective1827
oxycellulose1882
cyanide gauze1895
tulle gras1933
fibrin film1944
1933 Jrnl. Royal Army Medical Corps 40 353 The ‘Tulle Gras’ dressing..was first placed on the market..by a French firm some years ago. It consists..of a fairly large-mesh gauze net, impregnated with vaseline containing 1 per cent. of balsam of Peru, supplied in sections of about four inches by five inches in size.
1974 R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery v. 75 A partial thickness burn, or one that is of doubtful nature, is treated by removing debris, pricking and emptying the blisters, and covering the area with tulle gras..which is non-adherent.
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