lisle

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /laɪl/

lisle (countable and uncountable, plural lisles)

1. A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.
   • 1976, Angela Carter, ‘The Mother Lode’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 11:

     She herself dressed in dark dresses of heavy rayon crêpe, with grey Lisle stockings bound under the knee with two loops of knotted elastic.

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 41:

     He wore a feather in his hat, doeskin breeches, lisle hose and an iridescent waistcoat.

• Ellis, Liles

lisle

1. definite singular of liten