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tricotine

tricotine noun: a double twill fabric of tightly twisted yarns.

Noun

tricotine (countable and uncountable, plural tricotines)

  1. A double twill fabric of tightly twisted yarns.
    • The whole strengthening movement goes back to the run on 50s two-ply yarn to go into tricotines.1921, Fibre & Fabric
    • I was often the one to design original corsages for the campus debs...tiny bouquets to enhance the skirt of an antebellum gown or 5-braided silver or gold cord bracelets and necklaces with sweetheart roses embellished with French tricotine.2006, Marjorie E de Cuba, Tentacles of Time: A Spiritual Odyssey, →ISBN, page 67

Forms of tricotine

pluraltricotines

Questions about tricotine

What does tricotine mean?
Tricotine means a double twill fabric of tightly twisted yarns.
What part of speech is tricotine?
Tricotine is a noun.
What is the plural of tricotine?
The plural of tricotine is tricotines.

Words near tricotine in the dictionary

  1. tricostate
  2. tricostatin
  3. tricot
  4. tricoteuse
  5. tricoteuses
  6. tricotine
  7. tricotines
  8. tricotomize
  9. tricotomized
  10. tricotomy
  11. tricots

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