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suede
also suède (swād)n.
1. Leather with a soft napped surface.
2. Fabric made to resemble suede.
[Short for Suède gloves, partial translation of French gants de Suède, gloves of Sweden, from Suède, Sweden.]
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suede
(sweɪd)n
(Tanning)
a. a leather finished with a fine velvet-like nap, usually on the flesh side of the skin or hide, produced by abrasive action
b. (as modifier): a suede coat.
[C19: from French gants de Suède, literally: gloves from Sweden]
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suede
or suède
(sweɪd)n., v. sued•ed or suèd•ed, sued•ing or suèd•ing. n.
1. kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface.
2. Also called suede′ cloth`. a fabric with a napped surface suggesting this.
v.t. 3. to treat so as to raise a nap on (leather, cloth, etc.).
v.i. 4. to raise a nap on leather, cloth, etc.
[1855–60; < French (gants de) Suède (gloves from) Sweden]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning |
2. | suede - a fabric made to resemble suede leather cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" Ultrasuede - a synthetic suede cloth |
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suède [sweɪd]A. N → ante m
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