Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Moire \Moire\, n. [F. Cf. {Mohair}.]
   1. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an
      Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a
      watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.

   2. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon
      either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.

   {Moire antique}, a superior kind of thick moire.