chenille
noun/ʃəˈniːl/
Etymology Borrowed from French chenille. Doublet of canicule.
1
An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
- The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi:
- Derived terms
- chenille plant