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Definition of Lisle
1. Noun. A fabric woven with lisle thread.
2. Noun. A strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton).
Definition of Lisle
1. n. A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.
Definition of Lisle
1. Noun. A type of strong cotton thread. ¹
2. Noun. Cloth woven from lisle thread. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lisle
1. a fine, tightly twisted cotton thread [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lisle
Literary usage of Lisle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Constitutional History of the House of Lords by Luke Owen Pike (1894)
"had held the manor and lordship of Kingston lisle in CHAP.VII. virtue of a
partition of lands made between her and her sisters and coheirs. ..."
2. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1893)
"620), Hubert, Lord lisle, as also his eon, William de lisle, and his brother,
Sir William lisle, are all three stated to be living (1394), 17 Rio. II. ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"Thou standest here indicted by the name of Alice lisle, of the parish of ...
The following particulars of the death of lisle, are related by ..."
4. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"CHAP. LXXII. Sept. 3. 1658. Proclamation of Richard as Lord Protector. Fiennes and
lisle confirmed as Keepers of Great Seal, ..."
5. Representative French lyrics of the nineteenth century by George Neely Henning (1913)
"LECONTE DE lisle 1818-1894 Charles Leconte de lisle was born in 1818, on the île
de Bourbon ... Leconte de lisle never attained either popularity or wealth, ..."
6. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Charles Marie Rene Leconte de lisle was born in 1818 on the Island of Bourbon,
... His education finished, his father wished LECONTE DE lisle him to ..."
7. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1811)
"She was widow John lisle who bad been one of the Judges King diaries the First
... The following particulars of the death of lisle, are related by ..."
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