passepoil

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passepoil

\pas.pwal\

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Composé de passe et de poil.

noun passepoils · passe-poil

Bande étroite d’étoffe qu’on met entre les deux parties d’une couture, ou entre le dessus et la doublure, de manière qu’elle dépasse un peu l’un et l’autre. Un être insolite s’offrait à leurs regards : rouge, jaune, vert, bleu, couvert de passepoils, de franges, de rubans.

In English

piping ornamentation on the edges of a garment

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"passepoil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/passepoil. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"passepoil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/passepoil.

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@misc{passepoil_2026,
  title = {passepoil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/passepoil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}