matelassé

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English

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Etymology

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French matelassé (cushioned, covered as with a mattress).

Noun

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matelassé (countable and uncountable, plural matelassés)

  1. A heavy fabric, composed of two layers of cloth, used to form a quilted surface.

Adjective

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matelassé (not comparable)

  1. Ornamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of quilting, the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares or lozenges in relief.
    matelassé silks

Anagrams

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French

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Participle

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matelassé (feminine matelassée, masculine plural matelassés, feminine plural matelassées)

  1. past participle of matelasser

Further reading

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Italian

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Adjective

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matelassé (invariable)

  1. padded, quilted