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paisley definition

pais·ley (pāz′lē)

adjective

  1. designating, of, or having an intricate, multicolored pattern typically of abstract curving figures resembling fat commas, used esp. for textile fabrics: originally derived from designs on cashmere shawls imported into Britain from India
  2. made of cloth having such a pattern

Etymology: after Paisley, where wool shawls in this pattern were orig. made (c. 1800)

noun

  1. a paisley pattern
  2. a paisley cloth, shawl, necktie, etc.
Paisley definition

Pais·ley (pāz′lē)

city in SC Scotland, near Glasgow: district pop. 197,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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