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lisle

noun
🔊/laɪl/
🔊/laɪl/
[uncountable]
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  1. a fine, smooth cotton thread used especially for making tights and stockings莱尔线（尤用于织连裤袜和长袜）
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Lisle, former spelling of Lille, an industrial city in northern France, which was the original place of manufacture.