taffeta
IPA: tˈæfʌtʌ
noun
- A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers.
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Examples of "taffeta" in Sentences
- Taffeta is the name of the weave pattern used.
- Mantles are now dark blue and lined with white taffeta.
- Hood in dove grey fully lined in Spectrum blue taffeta.
- Piece dyed taffeta is often used in linings and is quite soft.
- Taffeta nylon often is used in outdoors equipment such as tents.
- Hood in dove grey cloth unlined, edged with Spectrum blue taffeta.
- Increasingly, nylon chiffon, taffeta, and organdy were used in petticoats.
- Some examples of fabric with plain weave are chiffon, organza, and taffeta.
- The high end versions of this method use a woven Spectra or Kevlar taffeta.
- Black gown, with Spectrum blue taffeta facings on the front of the gown only.
- Weir, was derived from a kind of taffeta or ribbed silk which used to be called tabby silk.
- Fragile materials -- such as taffeta -- should be kept strictly for the evening, do you not agree?
- On the pretext of having sat on some ice cream, she excused herself and returned wearing a robe of looped taffeta.
- a kind of taffeta-lining to the Crown, his servility has assumed an air of the most determined independence, and he has
- Dresses come in varying lengths, from tea length to floor length, and can incorporate many materials such as taffeta or satin.
- There are few people who do not like the sheen of a soft silk, the sparkle of light on a "taffeta," and the richness of the silk that "can stand alone."
- When graduation day arrived at last in June, I brushed my hands down the pink taffeta dress that Grandma had bought for ten dollars at our local thrift shop.
- She knew that the other girls would be well dressed, but she could not afford anything new, so she used some turquoise taffeta from a donated dress and combined it with a black velvet top and remembered being very pleased with the result. 50
- In combining these weaves it is advantageous to have them contrast distinctly, for instance, a short weave such as taffeta or Gros de Tours, with a longer and looser one such as satin, sergé or cannele, also changes from warp to filling effects.
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