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cloth of tissue

cloth of tissue noun: a kind of rich silk velvet cloth with loops of gold thread woven into the pile.

Noun

cloth of tissue (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A kind of rich silk velvet cloth with loops of gold thread woven into the pile.
    • A joy it was to see such a shifting maze of velvets, furs, curious needleworks and cloth of tissue, tiffanies, laces, ruffs, goodly chains and carcanets of gold: such glitter of jewels and weapons: such nodding of the plumes the Demons wore in their hair, half veiling the horns that grew upon their...1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 4

Questions about cloth of tissue

What does cloth of tissue mean?
Cloth of tissue means a kind of rich silk velvet cloth with loops of gold thread woven into the pile.
What part of speech is cloth of tissue?
Cloth of tissue is a noun.

Words near cloth of tissue in the dictionary

  1. cloth hall
  2. cloth halls
  3. cloth nappies
  4. cloth nappy
  5. cloth of gold
  6. cloth of tissue
  7. cloth pad
  8. cloth pads
  9. cloth-eared
  10. cloth-ears
  11. clothback

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