Definition of "taffety" [taffety]

• Dated form of taffeta. (noun)

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• "When clothed in a light dress of gauze or taffety she was compared to the Venus dei Medici, and the Atalanta of the Marly Gardens."
• "The latter brought every morning into the queen's apartments, baskets covered with taffety, containing all that she was to wear during the day, and large cloths of green taffety covering the robes and the full dresses."
• "The book was then taken back to the wardrobe, and all that was wanted for the day was soon after brought in, in large taffety wrappers."