Weaving. [a. F. lisse, lice (cf. with quot. F. haute lice).] = LEASE sb.4 2, 3. Also see quots. 1878, 1885.
1782. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2), IX. 6711/1. [Parts of a ribbon-loom] 6 The high-lisses, or lists, are a number of long threads, with platines, or plate-leads, at the bottom [etc.].
1878. De Champeaux, Tapestry, Introd. [Explains the lisses to be the two cylinders of which the loom consists].
1885. E. Müntz, Tapestry, xvi. 358. Rings of small cord called lices or lisses, are fastened to each thread of the front cloth.