Usually means: Strong, smooth, cotton thread fabric.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word lisle:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lisle, lisle: Merriam-Webster
  2. lisle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lisle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lisle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lisle: Vocabulary.com
  6. L'Isle, Lisle, l'isle, lisle, l'Isle: Wordnik
  7. Lisle, lisle: Wiktionary
  8. lisle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. lisle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. lisle: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Lisle, lisle: Dictionary.com
  12. Lisle (band), Lisle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Lisle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. lisle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. lisle: Rhymezone
  16. Lisle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. lisle: FreeDictionary.org
  18. lisle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. lisle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lisle: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lisle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Lisle)

▸ noun:  A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.
▸ noun:  A surname from French.
▸ noun:  A place name:
▸ noun:  A commune in Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
▸ noun:  A commune in Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
▸ noun:  A village in Lisle Township and Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
▸ noun:  A township in DuPage County, Illinois.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Cass County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun:  A town and village therein, in Broome County, New York, United States.
▸ noun:  A rural locality in Dorset council area, Tasmania, Australia.

Similar:
linen, louisine, thread lace, gimp, linsey-woolsey, leno, organzine, leash, satinet loom, silk, more...

Phrases:
Alice Lisle, lisle thread, leconte de lisle, rouget de lisle, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, more...

Adjectives:
orchard, general, young, old, poor, ingenious, lady, fine, black, late, little

Colors:
    white,     cream,     beige,     ivory,     ecru, more...

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Similar:
linen, louisine, thread lace, gimp, linsey-woolsey, leno, organzine, leash, satinet loom, silk, more...

Phrases:
Alice Lisle, lisle thread, leconte de lisle, rouget de lisle, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, charles marie leconte de lisle, lisle glove, lisle lace, leconte de lisle charles marie, lisle threads, more...

Adjectives:
orchard, general, young, old, poor, ingenious, lady, fine, black, late, little

Colors:
    white,     cream,     beige,     ivory,     ecru, more...



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