"bouclé" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /buːˈkleɪ/ Forms: bouclés [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From French bouclé, from boucler (“to buckle”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bouclé}} French bouclé Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bouclé (countable and uncountable, plural bouclés)
  1. A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a surface of loops and curls. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics, Knitting Translations (fabric): bukleekangas (Finnish), Bouclé [neuter] (German), bucle (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bouclé-en-noun-5MtEkTAN Disambiguation of Fabrics: 62 38 Disambiguation of Knitting: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'fabric': 86 14
  2. Yarn with multiple plies, one of which is looser than the others, producing loops and curls. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Knitting
    Sense id: en-bouclé-en-noun-cnBXs7TH Disambiguation of Knitting: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (yarn): silmukkalanka (Finnish), bukleelanka (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'yarn': 50 50

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