: a crisp plain-woven lustrous fabric of various fibers used especially for women's clothing
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The outside is crafted from a water-repellent crinkle taffeta.—Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024 The interior sleeves are lined with a slippery taffeta to ensure frictionless pole plants on the uphill skin track.—Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024 This is also a woman who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue at age 81, wearing only a simple white bathing suit and a drape made of apricot taffeta.—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024 It's solidly built and made of quality materials—the 70D taffeta nylon floor has proved durable in my testing.—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for taffeta
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Etymology
Middle English taffata, from Anglo-French, from Old Italian taffettà, from Turkish tafta, from Persian tāftah woven
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