English

Alternative forms

• peau-de-soie

Noun

peau de soie ‎(uncountable)

1. A heavy closely-woven silk fabric, faced with satin on both sides.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 611:

     She was in pale violet peau de soie, and a hat so beguiling that Kit was only momentarily surprised to find himself with an erection.