a silk fabric made from the threads of double cocoons
Word origin
C19: from French doupion, from Italian doppione double
dupion in American English
(ˈduːpiˌoun)
noun
1.
a cocoon formed jointly by two silkworms
2.
douppioni
Also: dupioni
Word origin
[1820–30; alter. of F doupion ‹ It doppione, equiv. to doppi(e) double + -one aug. suffix]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boomerang, karma, morphology, phonetic, takeoff