moire

noun

A watered or moiré fabric.

noun

A clouded or watered appearance on metals or textile fabrics.

noun

A Kind of watered silk; also, watered mohair. See watered.

noun

Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.

noun

A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces; moi`ré.

noun

Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given.

adjective

(of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern

noun

silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern