silesia

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.

• liaises

• IPA^(key): /siˈlesja/ [siˈle.sja]
• Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: si‧le‧sia

silesia f (plural silesias)

1. female equivalent of silesio

silesia f

1. feminine singular of silesio