Meanings of shot silk in English

She changed into an old robe of shot silk that rustled.

Straight hangings of rose and yellow shot silk

The River Derwent, as smooth as shot silk.

See her companion in shot silk and a dove-colored parasol; in what a graceful Watteau-like attitude she reclines.

I then chose two dresses, one flame-coloured and the other purple, and a third dress in shot silk.

At length Amabel was dressed in her purple and white shot silk, her muslin mantle, and white bonnet.

She was dressed in a shot silk, with a yellow handkerchief, and rows of a large gold chain.

Under these curtains are still other curtains of rose-colored shot silk, and beneath those are white muslin glass curtains.

Matty wore the shot silk which had been partly purchased by the sale of good Mrs. Bell's engagement ring.

Ah, sech a sight as she was-allin shot silk that rustled when you looked at it-an 'aspretty as a pictur.

Her thoughts amused her, and she reflected that she had done well to choose the pale shot silk with green shades in it.

It was an autumnal night; the wind was capricious and changeable as a petted beauty, or an Italian greyhound, or a shot silk.

She was wearing a new gown in her favourite green shot silk, high-waisted, her shoulders bared, the diamond pendant resting between her breasts.

The sea slid away from under them like a great web of shot silk, blue shot with gray, and green shot with purple.

Beneath her robe of shot silk, she was laced in and tightened to excess-a pressure which considerably increased the color in her cheeks.

They prized fabrics like shot silk, velvet, taffeta and brocade, lavish ornamentation forging an artistic legacy with the help of both artists and tailors.