lisle
Example Sentences
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The pair that was shipped to me was disappointingly made of cotton lisle material—with my sweaty dogs, I tend to be a wool guy.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2012
About 65% of silk hosiery machines in operation can be converted to lisle or rayon production without much loss.
From Time Magazine Archive
Around the fire danced the delegates chanting: Make lisle the style, wear lisle for a while.
From Time Magazine Archive
His wife has abandoned lisle hose for nylon and wears a girdle.
From Time Magazine Archive
She wears lisle stockings with seams, which make her legs look stuffed and sewn up the backs.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
