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[lee-noh] 
noun, plural -nos, adjective
le⋅no
[lee-noh] noun, plural -nos, adjective
–noun
–adjective
| 1. | Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh. |
| 2. | any fabric in this weave. |
| 3. | made in leno weave. |
Origin:
1850–55; perh. Anglicized var. of F linon lawn, deriv. of lin linen (< L līnum flax)
1850–55; perh. Anglicized var. of F linon lawn, deriv. of lin linen (< L līnum flax)
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| le·no
(lē'nō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. le·nos
[Perhaps from French linon, linen fabric, from lin, flax, from Old French, from Latin līnum; see linen.] |
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Leno
Le"no\ (l[=e]"n[-o]), n. [Cf. It. leno weak, flexible.] A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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