Noun: marseille maa(r)'sey
- Strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads
"The guest room was decorated with a crisp white marseille bedspread"
- A port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
- Marseilles
Derived forms: Marseilles, marseilles
Type of: city, cloth, fabric, material, metropolis, port, textile, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: France, French Republic
Encyclopedia: Marseille, Provence