charmeuse

Borrowed from French charmeuse.

charmeuse (countable and uncountable, plural charmeuses)

1. A fine semi-lustrous crepe in satin weave.
   • 2013, A. Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley, published 2014, page 359:

     One evening Edith outshone herself, wearing a smartly tailored black charmeuse dress designed especially for her by Worth, the leading Paris designer, and a pair of gold slippers […]

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.møz/

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• Homophone: charmeuses

charmeuse f (plural charmeuses)

1. female equivalent of charmeur

charmeuse

1. feminine singular of charmeur

• “charmeuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• marcheuse