bouclé

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See also: boucle and Bouclé

English

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Etymology

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From French bouclé, from boucler (to buckle).

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Noun

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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[1], →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.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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

  1. past participle of boucler

Adjective

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

  1. curly

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