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, page 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.

Anagrams

• liaises

Spanish

Noun

silesia f (plural silesias)

1. female equivalent of silesio

Adjective

silesia f

1. feminine singular of silesio