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lisle

  [lahyl]
Use lisle in a Sentence
–noun
1. knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
2. lisle thread.
–adjective
3. made of lisle thread.
Origin:
1850–55; named after Lisle, France, where first made
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Lisle

  [leel for 1–3; lahyl for 4]
–noun
1. Leconte de Lisle.
2. Rouget de Lisle.
3. former name of Lille.
4. a town in NE Illinois. 13,625.

Lille

  [leel]
–noun
a city in and the capital of Nord, in N France. 177,218.
Formerly, Lisle.

lisle thread

 
–noun
a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
Also called lisle.

Origin:
1850–55
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lisle   (līl)   
n.  

  1. A fine, smooth, tightly twisted thread spun from long-stapled cotton.

  2. Fabric knitted of this thread, used especially for hosiery and underwear.


[After Lisle (Lille), France.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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