cordonnet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cordonnet, diminutive of cordon. See cardon.

Noun

cordonnet (countable and uncountable, plural cordonnets)

1. Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc.
   • 1830, John D'Homergue, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Essays on American Silk:

     This silk is of two kinds , each of which has its first and its second qualities . The name of sewing silk is exclusively appropriated , in France , to the finest of these two species ; the other is called cordonnet or twist.