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FAILLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does faille mean?
• FAILLE (noun)
The noun FAILLE has 1 sense:
1. a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
Familiarity information: FAILLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("faille" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
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