marseilles Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
    Marseille.
  2. noun strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads
    marseille.

WordNet


Mar*seilles" noun
Definitions
  1. A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.

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