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
The seed we had seen sown had sprung up as thickly as finest cut velvet.
From Spanish Life in Town and Country by William Harbutt Dawson
She even swallowed down the sight of Clary in her cut velvet and her own coach, whose panel Sam Winnington himself had not thought it beneath him to touch up for Clary's delectation and glory.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Sarah Tytler
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