bayadere

noun3

1. •
   A Hindu dancing-girl.
2. •
   (old-fashioned) A female dancer.

   • The reflection of a greater thing claimed her and taught her, held her like a bayadere in a temple court. — 1918
3. •
   [before a noun] A type of fabric having strongly contrasting stripes.

   • Bertha had chosen a blue and white silk of a bayadere stripe, with lace ruffles at the neck and wrists and a skirt of voluminous fulness. — 1906