Meaning of moirette | Babel Free

Definitions

Fabric with a moiré pattern.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“A gust of wind rushed up the street, whirling her skirts up round her like a ballet-dancer's, and rustling the Reckitts-blue paper round the daffodils. […] She […] looked round to see if anyone had witnessed her display of chequered moirette petticoat and the inches of black stocking above her boots. But the world remained unembarrassed.”

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