Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Topic: MATERIAL, TEXTILES

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: veluotte, from velu 'hairy', from Vulgar Latin villutus, from Latin villus 'rough hair'

velvet

 noun
     
vel‧vet [uncountable]
DCCTIM a type of expensive cloth with a soft surface on one side:
green velvet drapes
Definition of velvet from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic MATERIAL, TEXTILES
Word of the Day
The MATERIAL, TEXTILES
Word of the Day is:
tweed

Other related topics