Definition of "foulard" [‖Fou•lard]

• A lightweight twill or plain-woven fabric of silk or silk and cotton, usually having a small printed design. (noun)
• An article of clothing, especially a necktie or scarf, made of this fabric. (noun)

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• "Cendall was a very fine, thin silk fit for summer wear, resembling what is now called foulard; say was the coarsest and cheapest sort of silk, and was used for upholstery as well as clothing."
• "Yet with the economic disparities, immigration issues, higher unemployment and Sarkozy the hardliner president enforcing the ban on women/girls wearing the 'foulard' scarf in the workplace or school who knows?"
• "They saw a plain figure dressed in a pink silk of the kind that is tempered by the word "foulard," and a plain face that wore a look of love of life that the queens envied."