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lisle
noun[ U ]
uk /laɪl/ us /laɪl/
a type of cotton thread used especially in the past for making stockings, underwear, and gloves: 莱尔线
Thick brown lisle stockings were the only ones available to buy.唯一可以买到的只有厚厚的棕色莱尔线长筒袜。
a pair of white lisle gloves一双白色的莱尔线手套
Lisle is manufactured using the finest extra-long staple cotton.
Her boots sagged at the ankles like a pair of 1930s lisle stockings.
Up until then wool was being used for outer-wear and cotton was being used for underwear as cotton lisle.
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