Word Meanings - FAILLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.

Related words: (words related to FAILLE)

• GLOSSY
  1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface. 2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
• FOULARD
  A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.