Hypertext Webster Gateway: "taffeta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Taffeta \Taf"fe*ta\, Taffety \Taf"fe*ty\, n. [F. taffetas, It.
taffet[`a], from Per. t[=a]ftah, originally, twisted, woven,
from t[=a]ftan to twist, to spin.]
A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster
called watering. The term has also been applied to different
kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.
Lined with taffeta and with sendal. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
taffeta
n : a crisp smooth lustrous fabric
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