bouclé
English edit
Etymology edit
From French bouclé, from boucler (“to buckle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bouclé (countable and uncountable, plural bouclés)
- A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a surface of loops and curls.
- 2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 18:
- Argent’s Metropolitan line was a sound investment, with its chemically treated bouclé cushions and Airform core.
- Yarn with multiple plies, one of which is looser than the others, producing loops and curls.
Translations edit
fabric
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yarn
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Participle edit
bouclé (feminine bouclée, masculine plural bouclés, feminine plural bouclées)
Adjective edit
bouclé (feminine bouclée, masculine plural bouclés, feminine plural bouclées)
Further reading edit
- “bouclé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.