leno

noun

le·​no ˈlē-(ˌ)nō 

1

: an open weave in which pairs of warp yarns cross one another and thereby lock the filling yarn in position

2

: a fabric made with a leno weave

Examples of leno in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The textures keep multiplying: this time, the leno weave has the wincing firmness of surgical stitching, while some of the paler rose threads have a lovely softness and shimmer. —Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from French linon linen fabric, lawn, from Middle French lin flax, linen, from Latin linum flax

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for leno

• steno