Tulle

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 320

Tulle, capital of the French dept. of Corrèze, at the confluence of the Solane and the Corrèze, 61 miles by rail ENE. of Périgueux. Its 12th-century cathedral was partly demolished in 1793; the principal industry now is the manufacture of small-arms. Pop. (1872) 11,848; (1891) 15,384.

TULLE, named from this place, is no longer made here. It is a kind of thin silk network fabric of a very open structure, used for the trimmings of ladies' dresses, and also for caps and veils. Of late years other light fabrics, especially silks of a different make, have largely taken its place for parts of dresses.

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