Viyella
/vʌɪˈɛlə
/noun [mass noun] trademark
A fabric made from a twilled mixture of cotton and wool: [as modifier]: a green Viyella blouse...
- No wonder those who still wear tweed jackets, Viyella shirts and ‘frocks’, as opposed to dresses, can't stand them in return.
- Coats will be exiting the apparel business in order to focus on its profitable global threads business, as well as its Jaeger and Viyella retail operations.
- Clients include Viyella, Windsmoor, Brook Taverner and many more; they have a successful website and are planning to introduce a company pension scheme.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Via Gellia, a valley in Derbyshire where it was first made.
Rhymes
- rough spleenwort
- rough-spoken
- rough-spun
- rough-stalked meadow grass
- roughstock
- rough string
- rough stuff
- rough-tail
- rough-tailed snake
- rough-tailed stickleback
- water footprint
- Waterford
- Waterford glass
- water forget-me-not
- water fountain
- waterfowl
- waterfowler
- waterfowling
- water frame
- water-free
- water frog
- waterfront
- water-funk
- water-furrow
- water-furrowing