The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fondus
Fondus \Fon`dus"\, n. [F. fondu, prop. p. p. of fondre to melt,
blend. See Found to cast.]
A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which
the colors are in bands and graduated into each other.
--Ure.
Wiktionary
fondus
n. (plural of fondu English)