Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lisle

2 senses of lisle

Sense 1
lisle -- (a fabric woven with lisle thread)
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")

Sense 2
lisle, lisle thread -- (a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton))
       => cotton -- (thread made of cotton fibers)