empress :
Idioms & Phrases
Idioms/Phrases
Prefix/Suffix
Associated
Related
Dictionary
Index
Empress cloth
Red empress
Empress cloth
a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.
Webster 1913
Red empress
(Zoöl.)
, a butterfly. See
Tortoise shell
.
Webster 1913