velour
noun
a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
velours
-
a variation of
velour.
Example Sentences
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Rose with six-inch fingernails and artfully draped Donna Karan panne de velours.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2011
The movie Bonnie and Clyde has set off a vogue for berets in crochet knits, wool felts and velours.
From Time Magazine Archive
She dressed hurriedly and warmly, bundling her hair under a velours hat and ramming a pin through both.
From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner
I look at my worn and rubbed high-laced boots, at my riding-clothes, snagged with many briers and patched from many saddles, at my old brown velours hat, survival of many storms in many countries.
From Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Iron Hand very naturally scorned this effeminate patte de velours.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
