"faille" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: failles [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Old French. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} faille (countable and uncountable, plural failles)
  1. A fabric woven from silk, cotton, or rayon with slight ribs. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics Translations (fabric): fai [masculine] (Catalan), loimiripsi (Finnish), faille [feminine] (French), ファイユ (faiyu) (Japanese), фай (faj) [masculine] (Russian)

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