cut velvet
Americannoun
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a fabric in which the looped pile has been cut.
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a fabric having a pattern of figured velvet with a backing of chiffon or voile.
Example Sentences
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White woodwork, French blue cut velvet, delicate spindly Adam furniture, a dining room all white with little square-paned mirror doors, too attractive!”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2015
From cut velvet to georgette, she made everything seem like gossamer and draped it skillfully on the body.
From Time Magazine Archive
The furniture was overstuffed cut velvet with tassels.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
He moved his bride to another part of town six miles away, provided her with a "steam-heated flat," furniture upholstered in "cut velvet," and many other luxuries of which Molly heretofore had only dreamed.
From The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets by Jane Addams
Here are a fine silver monstrance of 1532, a chapel supported by two angels, and a chalice of silver filigree; also some fine embroidered vestments of the 16th and 17th centuries upon crimson cut velvet.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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