foulard

From French foulard.

a foulard petticoat from 1882

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fuːˈlɑːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fuːˈlɑɹd/

foulard (countable and uncountable, plural foulards)

1. A lightweight silk or silk-and-cotton fabric, often with a printed pattern. [from 19th c.]
   • 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad:

     The Empress and the little Grand Duchess wore simple suits of foulard (or foulard silk, I don't know which is proper,) with a small blue spot in it […]

   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 176:

     A lot of foulard tie bulged out and was rain-spotted above his crossed lapels.

2. A piece of clothing, or a handkerchief, made with this fabric. [from 19th c.]

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:foulard.

Origin uncertain, perhaps related to fouler.

• IPA^(key): /fu.laʁ/

foulard m (plural foulards)

1. headscarf

• “foulard” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from French foulard.

foulard m (invariable)

1. foulard

   Synonym: fazzoletto

Borrowed from French foulard.

foulard m (plural foulards)

1. foulard