plissé noun & adjective. ['pli:seɪ, plise, (pl. of noun same)] L19.
[French, pa. pple of plisser to pleat.]
A. noun. Orig., a piece of fabric shirred or gathered into narrow pleats; a gathering of pleats. Now usu., fabric with a wrinkled or puckered finish produced by chemical treatment. L19.
b. adjective. Formed into small pleats; treated so as to give a wrinkled or puckered effect. L19.
Times A train of..silver tissue, lined with plissé chiffon.

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