Noil

//nɔɪl// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. countable, uncountable

    "The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour."

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"The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *noyel, from Old French noiel, variant of noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”, diminutive of nōdus "knot") or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”, derivative of nux "nut"). Doublet of newel and noyau.

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