Lisle Definition

līl
noun
A fine, hard, extra-strong cotton thread.
Webster's New World
A fabric, or stockings, gloves, etc., knit or woven of lisle.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • lisle thread
adjective
Made of lisle.
Webster's New World

Origin of Lisle

  • Named after Lisle, France, where it was first produced.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Lisle (Lille), France

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lisle Sentence Examples

  • They are elected by the scrutin de lisle for a period of nine years, and one-third of the body retires every three years.

  • The song which has immortalized him the Marseillaise, was composed at Strassburg, where Rouget de Lisle was quartered in April 1792.

  • Rouget de Lisle wrote a few other songs of the same kind, and in 1825 he published Chants frangais, in which he set to music fifty songs by various authors.

  • In 1332 a market on Wednesdays and a fair at the Feast of St Peter ad Vincula were granted to Alice de Lisle and in 1405 this market was ratified and three additional fairs added, viz.

  • The scientific exploration of Siberia, begun in the period 1733 to 5742 by Messerschmidt, Gmelin, and De Lisle de la Croyere, was followed up by Muller, Fischer and Georgi.

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Words Starting With

LLILIS

Words Ending With

ELESLE

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