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la⋅mé

  [la-mey; Fr. la-mey]
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–noun
an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
Origin:
1920–25; < F, equiv. to lame lame 2 + -é < L -ātus -ate 1
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la·mé   (lā-mā')   
n.  A brocaded fabric woven with metallic threads, often of gold or silver.

[French, spangled, laminated, lamé, from Old French lame, thin metal plate; see lame2.]
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lamé  (n.)
"silk interwoven with metallic threads," 1922, from Fr., earlier "thin metal plate" (1586), from M.Fr. lame, from L. lamina, lamna "thin piece or flake of metal."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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