baize

[ beyz ]

noun

a soft, usually green, woolen or cotton fabric resembling felt, used chiefly for the tops of billiard tables.
an article of this fabric or of a fabric resembling it.

verb (used with object),baized, baiz·ing.

to line or cover with baize.

Origin of baize

1570–80; earlier bayes<French baies (noun), Old French (estoffes fabrics) baies, feminine plural of bai (adj.) bay⁵

Words Nearby baize

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How to use baize in a sentence

The paper and the poker are abandoned, chairs are drawn towards the baize-covered table.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV. | Various
Shrieking inarticulate anathema, he rushed downstairs, the man in the green baize apron following at his heels.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
She knew that, because she had seen it in his desk—the desk once belonging to her father, a sloping thing with a green-baize top.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert Parker
Kitty Tynan thought of the unopened letter in a woman's handwriting in the green baize desk in her mother's house.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert Parker
The room was divided by a green-baize curtain which concealed the domestic arrangements and the oil-stove.
The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for baize

baize

/ (beɪz) /

noun

a woollen fabric resembling felt, usually green, used mainly for the tops of billiard tables

verb

(tr) to line or cover with such fabric

Origin of baize

C16: from Old French baies, plural of baie baize, from bai reddish brown, bay 5, perhaps the original colour of the fabric

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