suedette
(sweɪˈdɛt)
Also suèdette.
[f. suede + -ette.]
A material designed to imitate the texture of suede, esp. a type of cotton or rayon fabric with a suede-like nap.
| 1915 Chambers's Jrnl. May 413/1 A cover of water⁓proofed suedette. 1930 Daily Express 30 July 4/5 To make a smart..tea cosy, cut out four pieces of material..in suede, velvet, or suedette. 1960 Pract. Wireless XXXVI. 350/2 The cabinet is finished in cream rexine with a royal blue suedette surround and a blue and gold scale. 1962 Punch 23 May 785/3 Massive Mums in tartan trews and suèdette jackets. 1963 Punch 10 July 54/2 Apple-green suedette wallpaper. 1971 Sunday Times 6 June 33 Swimming in suede is the new thing; swimming in cotton suedette the next best. 1977 Cosmopolitan Feb. 19/1 Wore brown suedette shoes with thin black suits and thick regional accents. |