Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tricotine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tri-co-tine
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A double twill fabric of tightly twisted yarns.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The whole strengthening movement goes back to the run on 50s two-ply yarn to go into tricotines."
"I was often the one to design original corsages for the campus debs...tiny bouquets to enhance the skirt of an antebellum gown or 5-braided silver or gold cord bracelets and necklaces with sweetheart roses embellished with French tricotine."
"She wrote to Florence for blue tricotine, enough for Marie to run up a dress she could wear to the office, and asked her stepmother to send a cutting of the fabric to her"

Usage

Inflected Forms

tricotines (plural)

Questions

What does tricotine mean?: A double twill fabric of tightly twisted yarns.

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