silesia

See also: Silesia and Silésia

English

Noun

silesia (countable and uncountable, plural silesias)

  1. Silesian textile made of flax or cotton.
    • 1910, H G Wells: The History of Mr Polly, p 27:
      "Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop.

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Spanish

Adjective

silesia f

  1. feminine singular of silesio

Noun

silesia f (plural silesias, masculine silesio, masculine plural silesios)

  1. feminine equivalent of silesio
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