Crossword clues for voile
voile
- Cotton fabric
- Etamine's cousin
- Fabric for a sundress
- Opposition leader wearing horrible fabric
- Lightweight fabric
- Light, semitransparent fabric
- See-through fabric
- Sundress fabric
- Semi-sheer material
- Plain-woven fabric
- Light fabric for curtains
- Semi-sheer fabric
- Semi-sheer curtain fabric
- Lightweight curtain fabric
- Light semitransparent fabric
- Light semi-transparent fabric
- Fabric for a wedding dress
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
thin material used for women's dresses, 1889, from French voile "veil" (see veil (n.)).
Wiktionary
n. A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
WordNet
n. a light semitransparent fabric
Wikipedia
Voile is a soft, sheer fabric, usually made of 100% cotton or cotton blends including linen or polyester. The term comes from French, and means veil. Because of its light weight, the fabric is mostly used in soft furnishing. In hot countries, voile is used as window treatments and mosquito nets. When used as curtain material, voile is similar to net curtains.
Voiles are available in a range of patterns and colours (unlike net curtains, which are generally white or off-white). Because of their semitransparent quality, voile curtains are made using specially manufactured heading tape that is less easily noticeable through the fabric. Voile fabric is also used in dress-making, either in multiple layers or laid over a second material. Voile is very similar to chiffon, which is also used in dress-making.
Usage examples of "voile".
Les boulets comme la grele Passaient parmi nos vaisseaux, Brisant mats, cordages, voile, Et mettant tout en lambeaux.
Anie, au bras de son mari, allait de table en table, son voile ote maintenant, adressant a chacun quelques mots aimables ou un sourire.
In her wardrobe there are invariably a lot of sheer muslins, voiles and wash silks in white, mauve, greys, pinks, or delicate stripes, the outline following the fashion, voluminous, straight or clinging, the bodice tight with trimmings inset or full, beruffled, or kerchiefed.
Mais, avant que le domestique fut sorti, la porte du salon se rouvrit et la jeune dame qui paraissait tres jolie sous son voile entra.
And there are nylon voiles on the windows, and a set of doilies under the glass of the dressing table.
The wilted voile dress went first, followed by layered petticoats, kid slippers, stockings and garters.
I watch him from behind the voiles of the study window, holding the valise to my chest.
The full, pleated skirt would flow nicely around her legs as she moved, and the laced bodice over the white voile chemisette might draw the eye even of a president no longer young.