tussah : Idioms & Phrases

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tussah silk

Tus"sah silk`
Etymology
Probably fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.
Definitions
  1. A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.
  2. The silk fiber itself. Written also tusseh silk.
Webster 1913