A surname.

Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat. / Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given.

plural of moire

plural of Moir

A pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications such as in weaving and screenprinting.

(transitive) To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).

(Greek mythology) The Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the goddesses, who controlled every person's destiny by weaving the thread of life.

(Greek mythology) The personification of fate, especially as Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.

A female given name from Irish.

A village in County Down, Northern Ireland. / A village in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, named after the earldom of Moira in Northern Ireland (OS grid ref SK3115).