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mousseline
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mousseline \Mousse`line"\, n. [F.] Muslin.
Mousseline de laine. [F., muslin of wool.] Muslin delaine. See under Muslin.
Mousseline glass, a kind of thin blown glassware, such as wineglasses, etc.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A very fine, semi-opaque fabric similar to muslin, typically made of silk, wool or cotton. 2 A soft, light sweet or savoury mousse. 3 A hollandaise sauce that has been made frothy with whipped cream or egg white, served mainly with fish or asparagus.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Mousseline may refer to:
- Mousseline sauce or Hollandaise sauce
- Mousseline, a fabric name
Usage examples of "mousseline".
Miss Potton turned red and pale and pink, and blotchy combinations of all three, and finally settled on the mousseline de soie, for which Lydia then bought a pair of white satin slippers, kid gloves, and a thin gold chain with a pendant of rose quartz and earrings to match.
Houston was dressed for the garden party, wearing a formfitting gown of dotted white mousseline de soie over yellow satin, a wide yellow ribbon across the bodice, tying in a bow on her hip.
Emanuel Ungaro sea-foam-green silk mousseline wrap dress with a halter collar, no back and a slit clear up her thigh, a strapless Escada with a fitted, silver-embroidered bodice and a full, Cinderella-like skirt with tulle underlayers in silver and blue, and a classic black organza with laser-cut trim by Givenchy.
Spatulas were caked with mousseline at volatile, whisks were encrusted with oeufs à la Bourguignonne, bulb basters were plugged with beurre d'anchois, and the dried batters that coated some baking dishes were like hardened deposits of lunar cement.
Her second-best evening dress was of pale yellow mousseline de soie with a modest decolletage.
The girl was wearing the hat I had given her, and a new frock-the best Luxor had to offer, one must assume-of pink mousseline de soie.
As we approached, the door flew open, and a little blonde woman stood in the opening, clad in some sort of light mousseline de soie, with a touch of fluffy pink chiffon at her neck and wrists.
In a low chair beneath a red shaded standing lamp sat Ida, in a diaphanous evening dress of mousseline de soie, the ruddy light tinging her sweet childlike face, and glowing on her golden curls.
They were interrupted by the arrival of the cutlets, accompanied by asparagus with mousseline sauce, and by one of the famous Kriendler brothers who have owned '21' ever since it was the best speak-easy in New York.