1. marseilles - Noun
2. Marseilles - Proper noun
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: Webster's dictionaryMy piano has not yet arrived. How did you send it? By Marseilles or by Perpignan? I dream music but I cannot make any because here there are not any pianos... in this respect this is a savage country. Frédéric Chopin
If I owned Marseilles and Hell, I'd rent out Marseilles and live in Hell. John McCarthy (computer scientist)
Near Marseilles in the south of France, bouillabaisse is a cult food. In Toulouse and Carcassonne, the bean-based stew cassoulet is a cult food. Spain has paella and a number of others. Italy has so many, its cuisine is practically defined by them. Nathan Myhrvold
A difference from Marseilles style decks is that Smith drew scenes with esoteric meanings on the suit cards. Source: Internet
At Christmas of 1838, he left Paris for Marseilles and, after a brief stay, travelled to Nice where his condition worsened. Source: Internet
As the parallel through the river-mouth also crossed the coast of "Celtica", the distance due north from Marseilles to Celtica was 3700 stadia, a baseline from which Pytheas seems to have calculated latitude and distance. Source: Internet