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devoré

devoré noun: a fabric technique particularly used on velvets, where a mixed-fibre material undergoes a chemical process to dissolve the cellulose fibres to create a semi-transparent pattern against more solidly woven fabric.

devoré: a fabric technique particularly used on velvets, where a mixed-fibre material undergoes a chemical...
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Noun

devoré (uncountable)

  1. A fabric technique particularly used on velvets, where a mixed-fibre material undergoes a chemical process to dissolve the cellulose fibres to create a semi-transparent pattern against more solidly woven fabric.
    • Boiling, felting or printing using devoré techniques is employed to alter the handle or appearance of the cloth.1995, Textile Outlook International, numbers 57–59, Economist Publications Limited, page 53
    • For instance, she is combining cotton cheesecloth and polyester chiffon to make cloqué jackets or using devoré to distress linen/silk to produce a “shaggy” layer bonded to gauze.2002, Katherine Duncan Aimone, The Fiberarts Book of Wearable Art, New York, N.Y.: Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 19

Origin of devoré

From French dévoré, past participle of dévorer (“to devour”).

Questions about devoré

What does devoré mean?
Devoré means a fabric technique particularly used on velvets, where a mixed-fibre material undergoes a chemical process to dissolve the cellulose fibres to create a semi-transparent pattern against more solidly woven fabric.
What part of speech is devoré?
Devoré is a noun.

Words near devoré in the dictionary

  1. devore
  2. devored
  3. devores
  4. devoring
  5. Devors
  6. devoré
  7. Devos
  8. DeVoss
  9. DeVosses
  10. devotaries
  11. devotary

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