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lisles

lisles is the plural of lisle.

Meaning of lisle

Noun

lisle (countable and uncountable, plural lisles)

  1. A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.
    • She herself dressed in dark dresses of heavy rayon crêpe, with grey Lisle stockings bound under the knee with two loops of knotted elastic.1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 11

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Proper noun capitalized: Lisles

Lisles

  1. (plural) plural of Lisle

Questions about lisles

What is lisles the plural of?
Lisles is the plural of lisle.
What part of speech is lisles?
Lisles is a proper noun.

Words near lisles in the dictionary

  1. Liskeys
  2. Liskov
  3. Liskov substitution principle
  4. Lisks
  5. lisle
  6. lisles
  7. Lislique
  8. Lismore
  9. Lismore Heights
  10. LISN
  11. Lisnaskea

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