coutil

English

Alternative forms

• coutille

Etymology

From French coutil.

Noun

coutil (countable and uncountable, plural coutils)

1. A woven cloth created specifically for making corsets.

Anagrams

• toluic

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French keutil, from Old French coilte (“quilt, cushion”). See also couette (“duvet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ti/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

coutil m (uncountable)

1. (textiles) drill
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Ainsi sa chemise de batiste à manchettes plissées bouffait au hasard du vent, dans l'ouverture de son gilet, qui était de coutil gris, et son pantalon à larges raies découvrait aux chevilles ses bottines de nankin, claquées de cuir verni.

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2. (by extension) garment or other item made of this fabric

Further reading

• “coutil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012