/tif"euh nee/ , n. , pl. tiffanies .
a sheer, mesh fabric constructed in plain weave, originally made of silk but now often made of cotton or synthetic fibers.
[ 1250-1300; 1595-1605 for current sense; perh. punning use of the earlier word, ME: feast of the Epiphany tiphanie Epiphany theophania. See THEOPHANY ]