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
They took them in in equal silence—stamped leather, silver door-handles and rails, cut velvet, plate-glass, nickel, bronze, hammered iron, and the rare woods of the continent inlaid.
From Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard
There are linens hand-printed from old blocks that rival cut velvet in their lustrous color effect and cost almost as much.
From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de
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