tussah
or tus·seh
[ tuhs-uh ]
/ ˈtʌs ə /
noun
a tan silk from India.
Compare Shantung(def 2a).
the silkworm of an oriental moth of the genus Antheraea, as A. mylitta, that produces this silk.
Also
tus·ser,
tus·sor,
tus·sur
[tuhs-er] /ˈtʌs ər/,
tus·sore
[tuhs-awr, -ohr] /ˈtʌs ɔr, -oʊr/.
Also called
wild silk.
Origin of tussah
1580–90; earlier
tusser < Hindi
tasar shuttle < Sanskrit
tasara, trasara kind of silkworm
Words nearby tussah
tusi,
tusk,
tusk shell,
tuskegee,
tusker,
tussah,
tussal,
tussaud,
tussi,
tussiculation,
tussie-mussie
Example sentences from the Web for tussore
British Dictionary definitions for tussore
tussore
tusser (ˈtʌsə) or mainly US tussah (ˈtʌsə)
/ (tʊˈsɔː, ˈtʌsə) /
noun
a strong coarse brownish Indian silk obtained from the cocoons of an Oriental saturniid silkworm, Antheraea paphia
a fabric woven from this silk
the silkworm producing this silk
Word Origin for tussore
C17: from Hindi
tasar shuttle, from Sanskrit
tasara a wild silkworm