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Definition of Foulard
1. Noun. A light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design).
Definition of Foulard
1. n. A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.
Definition of Foulard
1. Noun. A light-weight silk or cotton fabric, often with a printed pattern. ¹
2. Noun. A piece of clothing made with this fabric. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foulard
1. a soft fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foulard
Literary usage of Foulard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under Cover: Evolution of Upholstered Furniture by Ed van Hinte (2006)
"The grand foulard in turn was an extremely cheap derivative of the-century ...
These were glory days for the grand foulard, with DIY chains like Castorama ..."
2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Printed foulard handkerchiefs, of Persian silk. foulard handkerchiefs, dyed with
madder, of Transcaucasian silk. Printed silk and crape neckerchiefs ..."
3. Business English by Edwin Herbert Lewis (1911)
""Then it isn't foulard, because foulard is always silk. ... You know that any
dictionary will define foulard as a thin, satiny goods of silk, ..."
4. Young Englishwoman: A Volume of Pure Literature, New Fashions, and Pretty (1867)
"The second toilet is thus composed—under skirt of white foulard, trimmed round
... Upper skirt of Bismarck-coloured foulard, looped up with similar plaits. ..."
5. Household Arts for Home and School by Anna Maria Cooley, Wilhelmina H. Spohr (1920)
"Miss Ashley wore her foulard dress to school that day for the girls to see.
foulard can be bought for about the same price as taffeta and is about 24 to 36 ..."
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