filoselle
(ˈfɪləsɛl)
Forms: 7 fil(l)-, fyllozel, 7–9 filosel(l, (7 filiosell), 9 filoselle. Also 7 philiselle.
[a. F. filoselle, fem., OF. filloisel masc., ad. It. filosello: see prec.]
a. ‘Ferret or floss silk; grogram-yarn’ (Simmonds).
| 1612 Sc. Bk. Customs in Halyburton's Ledger (1867) 326 Filosell or ferrett silk the pound viiili. 1662 Stat. Ireland (1765) II. 464 Fyllozell or Paris silk. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-Maid iv, It was a wonderful piece of work of woven gold and silver and filosel. |
| attrib. 1892 Pall Mall G. 27 Oct. 1/2 It is a wide ribbon, which has the appearance of plaited filoselle silk. |
† b. A kind of stuff (? a mixture of silk and wool).
| a 1605 in Beck Draper's Dict. 16 note, The paragon, peropus, and philiselles may be affirmed to be double chambletts. Ibid., To make this a philiselle, a peropus, a paragon, or a buffyn is but to alter the breadth. |