tricolette

English

Noun

tricolette (countable and uncountable, plural tricolettes)

1. A knitted fabric of silk or rayon.
   • 1922, Edith Van Dyne, chapter 4, in Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman:

     The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.

Related terms

• tricot