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Meaning of cloth of tissue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A kind of rich silk velvet cloth with loops of gold thread woven into the pile.

historical, uncountable

Examples

“A joy it was to see⟳ such a shifting maze of velvets, furs, curious needleworks and cloth of tissue, tiffanies, laces, ruffs, goodly chains and carcanets of gold: such glitter of jewels and weapons: such nodding of the plumes the Demons wore in their hair, half veiling the horns that grew upon their heads.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

cloth pad cloth-ears cloth, fabric clothback Clothbound Clothe

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