tussar
/ˈtʌsə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The principal manufacture throughout this district is the tusser or jungle silk."
- "The Tusseh silk is pretty well known in the English market; it is supplied by a large moth measuring five and a-half to six inches from wing to wing, the Antheræa paphia of Linnæus: The silk is strong and coarse, of a flax-brown colour."
- "She wore a black lustre skirt that just exposed her broken button-boots, a white blouse topped heavily with moth-eaten lace, a long coat of well-worn tusser, and a purplish black silk hat […]"
- "The carpets were rich with colour and design, the sofas were covered in silks and tussars […]"
- "[…] one could very well have such a jacket made out of tussore (or tussar) which is unbleached raw silk produced by the larvae of the moth Antheraea paphia."
- "Kharias have also learnt to prepare certain fibres for different purpose as they are expert in spinning, weaving, tussar rearing […]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈtʌsə/