Obs. [f. name of Lille in France. Cf. LISLE.] ? A kind of grogram (more fully Lile grogram).
1640. in Noorthouck, New Hist. London (1773), 843/1. Stuffs, liles, broad or narrow, the piece not above 15 yards, 2d.
1660. Act 12 Chas. II., c. 4 Sched. s.v. Buffin, Buffins, Mocadoes, & Lile Grograns narrow the single peece … iij. li.
1674. Jeake, Arith. (1696), 65. Lile Grograins.
