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tulle    Audio Help   [tool; Fr. tyl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
[Origin: 1810–20; < F, after Tulle, France, where first made]
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–noun
a city in and the capital of Corrèze, in S central France. 21,634.
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tulle    Audio Help   (tōōl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A fine, often starched net of silk, rayon, or nylon, used especially for veils, tutus, or gowns.


[French, after Tulle, a city of south-central France.]

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tulle 
fine silk bobbin-net, c.1818, from Tulle, town in central France, where the fabric was first manufactured.

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tulle

noun
a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns 

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Tulle

Tulle\, n. [Cf. F. tuile a tile.] In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses.

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Tulle

Tulle\, n. [F.; -- so called from the town of Tulle, in France.] A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.

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