Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Marseilles \Mar*seilles"\, n.
   A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed
   of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming
   double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first
   made in Marseilles, France.

Source : WordNet®

Marseilles
     n : a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
         [syn: {Marseille}]