velure
(vɪˈl(j)ʊə(r))
Also 6 vellure.
[ad. OF. velour: see velours.]
† 1. Velvet. Also attrib. Obs.
| 1587 Harrison Descr. Eng. iii. i. in Holinshed I. 221/1 But now..the same [wool] hath beene imploied vnto sundrie other vses, as mockados, baies, vellures, grograines, &c. 1596 Shakes. Tam. Shr. iii. ii. 62 One girth sixe times peec'd, and a womans Crupper of velure. 1602 Marston Ant. & Mel. v. Wks. 1856 I. 57 A yellow taffata dubblet, cut upon carnation velure. a 1625 Fletcher Noble Gent. v. i, Did you not walk the Town, In a long Cloak half compass? an old Hat, Lin'd with Vellure? 1640 in Entick London (1766) II. 179 Velures: English, the single piece. 1748 Whitehall Evening-Post No. 405, [He] had on when he was last seen, a light Dove-coloured Coat, black Velure Waistcoat, grey Breeches, and a light Grizzle Wig. |
| Comb. 1607 Dekker Northward Hoe ii. i, The bragging velure-caniond hobbi-horses praunce vp and downe as if some a the Tilters had ridden them. |
2. = velours 1. Hence
veˈlure v. trans., to dress (a hat) by means of a velvet pad.
| 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 520/1 Dressing and polishing..come next, after which the hat is ‘velured’ in a revolving machine by the application of haircloth and velvet velures. |