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Meaning of TULLE

Pronunciation:  tool

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns
 
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 See Also: mesh, net

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Tulle\, n. [Cf. F. tuile a tile.]
    In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See
    Illust. of {Tasses}.
    
  2. \Tulle\, n. [F.; -- so called from the town of Tulle, in
    France.]
    A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.
    
 
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