D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Marseilles

/mär-sīl'-əs/ · Mar·seilles · IPA /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/
01 n. A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, q…
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    A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.