Tussore

//ˈtʌsɔɹ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of tussar. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "now and then the fantastic shadows of birds of flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect […]"

  2. 2
    oriental moth that produces brownish silk wordnet

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"now and then the fantastic shadows of birds of flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect […]"

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