millefleurs

/ ˈmiːlˌflɜː /

noun

1. a design of stylized floral patterns, used in textiles, tapestries, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of millefleurs¹

French: thousand flowers

Example Sentences

Sir Oswald drew from his pocket a very fine white handkerchief and diffused an agreeable odor of millefleurs around him; the gardener had been near the stables, and Sir Oswald was fastidious.

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"Much prettier," answered Gyuri, casting an admiring glance at the two black, velvety plaits, with a lovely dark bluish tinge on them, which hung nearly down to the edge of her millefleurs skirt.

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All the way up the staircase in the house of tapestries are dainty bits of millefleurs, that Gothic invention for transferring a block of the spring woods from under the trees into a man-made edifice.

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“His millefleurs is at all events uncommonly like a muskrat,” said Salisbury.

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An odour of millefleurs rustled by them as Charles Honeyman accompanied by his ecclesiastical valet, passed the pew from the vestry, and took his place at the desk.

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