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Definition of Challis
1. Noun. A soft lightweight fabric (usually printed).
Definition of Challis
1. n. A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses.
Definition of Challis
1. Proper noun. An English surname derived from a Norman habitational name for someone from ''Eschalle'' in ''Pas-de-Calais'', ''France''. ¹
2. Noun. a light, soft fabric having a printed design ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Challis
1. a light fabric [n -LISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Challis
Literary usage of Challis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Challis was arrested in his preparations to map them by the news of the planet's
... Three papers detailing the history of the discovery, by Airy, Challis, ..."
2. Rural Development and Credit Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"Tied into this conflict is the argument that if the ranches disappear, Challis
will lose more than a portion of its economy. ..."
3. Queen's Bench Reports by John Leycester Adolphus, Thomas Flower Ellis, Great Britain Court of Queen's Bench (1855)
"JOHN DOE against THOMAS Challis. In an action of trespass for ... On the trial,
before Erie J., it appeared that Challis had been made defendant in an ..."
4. Willey's Semi-centennial Book of Manchester, 1846-1896, and Manchester Ed by George Franklin Willey (1896)
"After the war Major Challis located in Manchester, and nearly all the time ...
Major Challis served on the committee that had charge of the erection of the ..."
5. Journal by United States Congress Senate, Illinois General Assembly. House of Representatives (1869)
"Hopkins, Ross of St. Clair, Burgess, Horrabin, Ross of Fulton, Burnett, Kerr,
Rush, Casey, Laning, Saltonstall, Challis, Marsh, Scroggs, Childs, McCutcheon, ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1836)
"JAMES Challis. Mr. Challis, in his report on the Analytical Theory of Hydrodynamics,
and elsewhere, has expressed the opinion that, to complete the theory ..."
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