barege

ba·rege

also ba·rège (bə-rĕzh′)

A sheer fabric woven of silk or cotton and wool.

[French barège, after Barèges, a town in France.]

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barège

(barɛʒ)

(Textiles) a light silky gauze fabric made of wool

adj

(Textiles) made of such a fabric

[C19: named after Barèges, France, where it was originally made]

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"Can't I do anything with this barege? It 's one of my favorite dresses, and I hate to give it up."

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[75] A century later Jean Dusaulx could still write in his Voyage a Barege (1796): "rappelez-vous que le prudent Ulysse se boucha les oreilles pour ne point entendre le chant des sirenes" (remember that the prudent Ulysses stopped his ears to avoid hearing the song of the Sirens).