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tulle

[tool; Fr. tyl]
–noun
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.

Origin:
1810–20; < F, after Tulle, France, where first made

Tulle

[tool; Fr. tyl]
–noun
a city in and the capital of Corrèze, in S central France. 21,634.
tulle   (tōōl)   
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.]

Tulle

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

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.
Language Translation for : tulle
Spanish: hacer el tonto, bromear,
German: Possen treiben,
Japanese: ふざける

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

Tulle

town, capital of Correze departement, Limousin region, central France. It is situated on the western edge of the upland block known as the Massif Central. The town is strung out along the deep, narrow Correze valley, and its streets climb steep hill slopes. Only the 12th-century nave and the belfry remain of its ancient Cathedral of Saint-Martin, part of which collapsed in 1796. The town is the site of a national firearms factory. Its name was given to what was once an important regional industry, the making of tulle, a fine silk net. Pop. (1990) 17,164.

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