What is "anglaise"

Usage examples of "anglaise".

Drapes of white cotton, embroidered in what is known as Broderie Anglaise, were looped back against the posts.

I look, but I am thinking only of the broderie anglaise that I am to wear tonight.

I wish now that I had worn my broderie anglaise, and sat next to her on the couch, and never, never gone out onto the verandah this afternoon.

The cotton dress with its broderie anglaise trimmings was made specially for this holiday, but the dressmaker had not calculated on the spell of cold weather.

Natasha, who was exceptionally graceful, was first, even danced the pas de chale, but at this last ball only the ecossaise, the anglaise, and the mazurka, which was just coming into fashion, were danced.

I wish now that I had worn my broderie anglaise, and sat next to her on the couch, and never, never gone out onto the verandah this afternoon.

Years before you met Tyler Durden, before you peed in your first creme anglaise, you learned about little acts of rebellion.

The stores were open, the gas was burning under the arches, women were buying in the shops, people were taking ices at the Café Laiter, they were eating little cakes at the Pâtisserie Anglaise.

Tom said not to bother with Grand Marnier Crème Anglaise but merely drink Grand Marnier.