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Lisle

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place name:; A commune in Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place name:; A commune in Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place name:; A village in Lisle Township and Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place name:; A township in DuPage County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A place name:; An unincorporated community in Cass County, Missouri, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A place name:; A town and village therein, in Broome County, New York, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A place name:; A rural locality in Dorset council area, Tasmania, Australia. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread. countable, uncountable

    "She herself dressed in dark dresses of heavy rayon crêpe, with grey Lisle stockings bound under the knee with two loops of knotted elastic."

  2. 2
    a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) wordnet
  3. 3
    a fabric woven with lisle thread wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named after Lisle, France (now Lille), where it was first produced.

Etymology 2

From French Lisle and Norman l'Isle.

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