Bible Dictionaries
Tussah Silk

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.

(2):

The silk fiber itself.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tussah Silk'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tussah-silk.html. 1828.