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Answer for the clue "Ribbed cloth for dresses ", 6 letters:
tricot

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Word definitions for tricot in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
knitted fabric, 1859, from French tricot "knitting, knitted work," from tricoter "to knit," of uncertain origin, probably a variant of Old French estriquer "to smooth," from a Germanic source (such as Middle Low German striken "pass over lightly").

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a knitted fabric or one resembling knitting

Usage examples of tricot.

She thought that the setting would be just right for a sappy Tricot perfume commercial.

A banana strain could be developed that would send the nylon and the tricot boys into panic, to say nothing of the fruit shippers.

Compiegne he followed the road across the Aronde and up through Mery and Tricot into Le Cardonnois.

Awian hardier than Mist, but why would he take his ship into a storm with only a tricot shirt and denim slacks for protection?