bouclé

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See also: boucle and Bouclé

English

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Etymology

From French bouclé, from boucler (to buckle).

Pronunciation

Noun

bouclé (countable and uncountable, plural bouclés)

  1. A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a surface of loops and curls.
    • 2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 18:
      Argent’s Metropolitan line was a sound investment, with its chemically treated bouclé cushions and Airform core.
    • 2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      He, too, showed up in style ahead of the game, wearing a custom bedazzled Amri combination of a bouclé shirt and matching shimmering trousers.
  2. Yarn with multiple plies, one of which is looser than the others, producing loops and curls.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

bouclé (feminine bouclée, masculine plural bouclés, feminine plural bouclées)

  1. past participle of boucler

Adjective

bouclé (feminine bouclée, masculine plural bouclés, feminine plural bouclées)

  1. curly

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