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tulle

tulle

9 8.1
A very fine, light net cloth used to make veils and tutus
  • noun
  • /tuːl/
translation icon : tul
  • For the ballet performance, the dancers wore fluffy tutus crafted from shimmering tulle.
  • a tulle skirt
  • silk tulle
  • a tulle dress

So I've got these two pink tulle dresses from Coast.

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Examples

  • Birdie, dressed in a tulle-skirted wedding gown, waved to us from the high concrete.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Does it need more tulle?

  • Then a nice gown with a tulle skirt?

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Wrap a long, wide tulle fabric around the back of each chair.

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  • You could use tulle to puff it out, give it some body.

  • So I got this really cute like tulle skirt that's pink.

  • So I've got these two pink tulle dresses from Coast.

  • Loli's dress is a white and blue cotton sundress with a tulle petticoat.

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  • Alternately, opt to use tulle in your wedding colors to accentuate your motif.

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  • The creamy gray hue of this thickly layered tulle dress is heavenly.

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How Stiff

buckram
  • Specialized
9.9
horsehair
1 5.8
crinoline
  • Archaic
9.9
tulle
9 8.1
muslin
  • Specialized
9 3.8

Surface Forms

tulle singular
tulles plural

Etymology

Tulle comes from the French town Tulle, where people made very fine net cloth, so the fabric took the town's name and tulle now means the 'light, airy net' used for veils and tutus.