tussore

/ ˈtʌsə; tʊˈsɔː; ˈtʌsə; ˈtʌsə /

noun

1. a strong coarse brownish Indian silk obtained from the cocoons of an Oriental saturniid silkworm, Antheraea paphia
2. a fabric woven from this silk
3. the silkworm producing this silk

Word History and Origins

Origin of tussore¹

C17: from Hindi tasar shuttle, from Sanskrit tasara a wild silkworm

Example Sentences

These were of light yellow tussore, with a white double collar and a small red tie, sharp-edged white cuffs and highly polished brown boots.

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Save for the long French windows, which were now, at midnight, covered with curtains of green tussore silk, there was nothing distinctively foreign about the room.

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Margot, in yellow tussore, had hair a shade darker and curlier, and her eyes were hazel.

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Silk may also be bleached with peroxide of hydrogen, but this method is only used for certain qualities of spun silk and for tussore.

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His eyes ran over her close fitting tussore dress, her white kid gloves.

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Related Words

• fiber
• taffeta
• thread
• tulle