chine
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Verdon Winkler employs multiple techniques, notably drypoint and chine collé, to produce gauzier, almost painterly images in what might be called a rainbow of grays.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2021
Near the barges on the south shore of Emerald Bay is a hard chine skiff, a fishing boat measuring 15 feet in length.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2018
The evening, too, in this impeccable collection was a sliver of simplicity that comes from understanding fabrics and their subtle decoration, like a print of orchid on crêpe de chine.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2012
Drop-waisted apron dresses in ivory and tan crepe de chine were layered over linen blouses, while slouchy trousers and shorts were paired with boxy button-down shirts.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2011
At home I turn the corner and suddenly there she is, lurking in some old crepe de chine.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
They spoke of a salmon or a gurnard as chined, a sole as loined, a haddock as sided, an eel as trousoned, a pike as splatted, and a trout as gobbeted.
From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by William Carew Hazlitt
He died on this march, in the bloom of life, of a malignant fever, at Otranto, before he had acquired the knightly merit of chining a single Saracen.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
