† vellute Obs. rare.
[ad. It. velluto, or var. of vellet velvet n. after this.]
Velvet.
| 1561 T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer i. (1577) F ij, Wyth hir shooes of vellute, and hir hose fitting cleane to hir legge. 1632 B. Jonson Magn. Lady v. iii, [It] will save charges Of coaches, vellute gowns, and cut-work smocks. |