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faille /feɪl /noun [mass noun]A soft, light-woven fabric having a ribbed texture, originally of silk: [as modifier]: a black faille pinafore [count noun]: they wove a wool faille...- All the designs come in materials ranging from camel hair, grain lambskin, silk crepe, silk faille and flannel to wool and cashmere.
- He used the corset look to great effect, particularly when he paired a white crocodile bustier with a black silk chiffon petal skirt and a rose silk faille bustier with a black silk chiffon lace inset skirt.
- Poult de siue is sometimes called faille taffeta.
OriginMid 16th century (denoting a kind of hood or veil worn by women): from Old French. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century. Rhymesail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale |