lisle thread

1. 1.

   a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)

   Synonymslisle

   Broadercotton

Questions about lisle thread

What does lisle thread mean?

lisle thread means "a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)".

What is another word for lisle thread?

Close synonyms include lisle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lisle thread a common word?

lisle thread is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.