matelassé
See also: matelasse
English
editEtymology
editFrench matelassé (“cushioned, covered as with a mattress”).
Noun
editmatelassé (countable and uncountable, plural matelassés)
- A heavy fabric, composed of two layers of cloth, used to form a quilted surface.
Adjective
editmatelassé (not comparable)
- Ornamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of quilting, the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares or lozenges in relief.
- matelassé silks
Anagrams
editFrench
editParticiple
editmatelassé (feminine matelassée, masculine plural matelassés, feminine plural matelassées)
Further reading
edit- “matelassé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editAdjective
editmatelassé (invariable)
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