moire

About 0.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat.
2. noun Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given.

Similar words

watered patterned watered-silk interferometry moorie mamoody moory mohair mooree mammoodies

Often followed by

patterns pattern fringes fringe interferometry effect silk antique method

Word family

moires