baize
verbEtymology From French baies, feminine plural of adjective bai (“bay-colored”) mistaken as a singular noun.
1
To cover or line with baize.
baize
noun/beɪz/
Etymology From French baies, feminine plural of adjective bai (“bay-colored”) mistaken as a singular noun.
1
A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
2
Dated A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.
- my goods being all English manufacture, such as cloths, stuffs, baize, and things particularly valuable and desirable in the country, I found means to sell them to a very great advantage...1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
- At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door covered with a red baize; and through this, Mr. Utterson was at last received into the doctor's cabinet.1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde:
- Derived terms
- baize door, green baize, knight of the green baize