Definition of "tiffany"
tiffany
noun
countable and uncountable, plural tiffanies
A kind of gauze, or very thin silk.
Quotations
When, however, the matin loving lark, or ruſſet pinions, floating amid the tiffany clouds, that variegated, in fleecy undulation, the grey-inveſted heavens, hailed with his ſoul-reviving note, the radient countenance of returning morn; […]
1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter XII.”, in Desmond. […], volume II, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], pages 167–168