chiffon
noun/ʃɪˈfɑn/ · /ˈʃɪfɑn/
Etymology Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip.
1
A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.
- Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.
2
Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.
- Derived terms
- chiffon cake, chiffonlike, chiffon pie, chiffony, lemon chiffon