Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MATELASSE
MATELASSE Mate `las `sé ", a. [F., p.p. of matelasser to cushion, to cover as with a mattress, fr. matelas mattress. See Mattress. ]
Defn: Ornamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of quilting, the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares or lozenges in relief; as, matelassé silks.
MATELASSE
MATELASSE Mate `las `sé ", n.
Defn: A quilted ornamented dress fabric of silk or silk and wool.
New American Oxford Dictionary
matelassé
mat e las sé |ˌmatlˌäˈsā, ˌmätlä -ˌmætlˈɑseɪ | ▶adjective (of a silk or wool fabric ) having a raised design like quilting. ▶noun fabric of this type. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: French, literally ‘quilted, ’ past participle of matelasser, from matelas ‘mattress. ’
Oxford Dictionary
matelassé
matelassé |ˌmat (ə )ˈlaseɪ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a silk or wool fabric woven so as to have a raised surface with a quilted appearance. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: French, literally ‘quilted ’, past participle of matelasser, from matelas ‘mattress ’.
Duden Dictionary
Matelassé
Ma te las sé Substantiv, maskulin , der |…ˈseː |der Matelassé; Genitiv: des Matelassé [s ], Plural: die Matelassés arabisch-italienisch-französisch ; »gepolstert «Gewebe mit plastischer, reliefartiger Musterung
French Dictionary
matelasser
matelasser v. tr. verbe transitif Rembourrer. : Matelasser un siège. aimer
The Wordsmith Dictionary