plissé
/ˈpliːseɪ
/adjective
(Of fabric) treated to give a permanent puckered or crinkled effect: a plissé prom dress...
- The surface of its 37cm wide lampshade has a plissé effect.
- A plissé finish is applied by treating a fabric with sodium hydroxide, which gives the article a puckered look.
noun [mass noun]
Material treated so as to be permanently puckered or crinkled.A plissé will usually have no variation in the number of warp (lengthwise) threads
Origin
Late 19th century: French, literally 'pleated', past participle of plisser.
Rhymes
- deckhead
- deckhouse
- decking
- deckle
- deckle edge
- deckle-edged
- deckle strap
- deck officer
- deck passenger
- deck quoits
- deck shoe
- deck tennis
- declaim
- declaimer
- declamation
- declamatorily
- declamatory
- declarable
- declarant
- declaration
- Declaration of Independence
- Declaration of Indulgence
- Declaration of Rights
- declaration of the poll
- declarative