suede
adjEtymology Borrowed from French gants de Suède (“gloves from Sweden”). Doublet of Swede.
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Made of suede.
- Derived terms
- suede brush, suedehead, suedelike, suede-shoe operator, suede-shoe salesman, suedette, suedey
suede
noun/sweɪd/ · SC /swed/
Etymology Borrowed from French gants de Suède (“gloves from Sweden”). Doublet of Swede.
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Usually A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
- “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, in The Subtle Minotaur:
- Richard DeLongpre: Mmm, your belly skin is like suede. Jeremy DeLongpre: Thanks. Richard: Tough but soft, like a man.2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
- Derived terms
- microsuede, Ultrasuede