Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

glissade

English translation:

glissade

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Nov 22, 2015 12:03
8 yrs ago
French term

glissade

French to English Other Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
From a description of a motorcycle gendarme uniform (1920s).

Ce veston de cuir noir est en mouton chromé noirci sur fleur doublé de coton croisé noir et de glissade. Les pattes de col sont ornées d'une grenade et l'insigne de grade se porte sur la poitrine.

Any ideas. See also previous question will follow on the phrase 'noirci sur fleur' above.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 glissade
Change log

Nov 24, 2015 12:47: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

Discussion

Jocelyne Cuenin Nov 22, 2015:
Éventuellement un tissu de doublure typique pour les manches (= qui glisse).

Proposed translations

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glissade

There is not much information on this, but enough to show that glissade is the name of a fabric (as the context suggests), and as so often happens with fabric names it is used untranslated in English.

"glissade 1. Cotton lining fabric made in a warp satin weave with polished cotton yarns in the warp and ordinary cotton yarns in the filling. Generally produced with a black ground with narrow white or colored stripes. Very shiny and smooth; better qualities make good lining. 2. Filling sateens, mercerized and schreinered in the piece and printed in similar colorings as 1., also are sold as glissades."
The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 263
https://books.google.es/books?id=LTYfAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA263&lpg=P...

"If it is a coat and skirt, the coat will probably be lined with glace silk with sleeve linings of the same material, or with a linen or cotton " glissade " lining."
https://archive.org/stream/dyeingcleaningpr00farr#page/122/m...

" Very soft. Would make for a nice pillow on an overnight. Warmer than my 15 year old Retro-X with glissade lining. I am 6'1" and weigh 160. Bought the large and there is plenty of room for layering. "
http://reviews.patagonia.com/9248/36102/reviews.htm

"Going still further into details of making, we mention the sleeve linings. It is "Glissade" lining, a special very strong, polished surface lining, that permits the arm to slip into the sleeve in a jiffy"
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NA...

"2 buttons on cuffs, double- breasted, 2 buttons, black Italian lining, and black and white striped glissade lining in sleeves"
http://www.lastchancetoread.com/docs/1924-10-22-police-gazet...

There are various lining fabrics that are slippery, but I think it would be wise to use the original term, as in these examples, because textile names are so specific and there are small differences between similar fabrics.
Peer comment(s):

agree Philippa Smith : great refs!
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Many thanks, Philippa :)
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