PONGEE


Meaning of PONGEE in English

n. 1 a soft usu. unbleached type of Chinese silk fabric. 2 an imitation of this in cotton etc.

[ perh. f. Chin. dial. pun-chi own loom, i.e. home-made ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.