lisle thread

American  

noun

1. a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of lisle thread

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Stout, thick-soled boots, and gloves of either silk, beaver-cloth, or lisle thread, are the most suitable.

From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence

For instance, already since I had had my own new things I felt that I could never bear to go back to lisle thread or cashmere stockings again.

From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver

Some gray lisle thread gloves and a rich Paisley shawl completed my toot a sembly.

From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Holley, Marietta

Sisters of Patience who by reason of ties or duty have endured it in silk, yarn, cotton, lisle thread or woollen—does not the new canto belong?

From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.

People as well as lisle thread were a specialty of his.

From The Indiscreet Letter by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell