plush (plŭsh) n. A fabric of silk, rayon, cotton, or other material, having a thick deep pile. adj.
plush·er, plush·est
Made of or covered with plush.
Luxurious.
[French pluche, variant of peluche, from pelucher, to become fluffy, shed, from Old French peluchier, to pluck, probably from Vulgar Latin *piluccāre; see pluck.] plush'ly adv., plush'ness n.
"soft fabric," 1594, from M.Fr. pluche "shag, plush," contraction of peluche "hairy fabric," from O.Fr. peluchier "to pull, to tug, to pluck" (the final process in weaving plush), from V.L. *piluccare "remove hair" (see pluck). The adj. meaning "swank, luxurious" is first attested 1927; plushy in this sense is recorded from 1923.