crêpeline
(ˈkreɪpəliːn)
Also crêpoline.
[Fr., dim. of crêpe crêpe.]
A light thin material of silk, or silk and wool, used for women's dresses.
| 1873 Young Englishwoman Apr. 202/2 Crêpeline, a material only to be found at the Halle des Indes [in Paris]. 1882 Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 93/2 Crêpeline, Crêpon, or Crape Cloth, a dress material, having a silken surface, much resembling crape, but considerably thicker. 1898 Daily News 10 Dec. 6/3 Another novelty is crêpoline cloth,..as soft as cashmere. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 15/1 Crêpolines, silk combined with wool. |