Paille

French-English and English-French Commercial Dictionary · 1918 · p. 144

n.f., straw; chaff; chip; flaw (of gems, metals). Chapeau de —, straw hat. Couleur —, straw coloured. Menue —, chaff. Cela enl^ve la —, that takes the cake. — d' Italic, Leghorn straw.