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suede
[sweyd] 
noun, verb, sued⋅ed, sued⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface, on the flesh side or on the outer side after removal of a thin outer layer. |
| 2. | Also called suede cloth. a fabric with a napped surface suggesting this. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to treat so as to raise a nap on (leather, cloth, etc.). |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to raise a nap on leather, cloth, etc. |
Also, suède.
Origin:
1855–60; < F (gants de) Suède (gloves from) Sweden
1855–60; < F (gants de) Suède (gloves from) Sweden
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| suede also suède (swād) n.
[Short for Suède gloves, from French gants de Suède, gloves of Sweden, from Suède, Sweden.] |
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Suede
Su[`e]de\ (sw[asl]d or sw[^a]d), n. [F., Sweden.] Swedish glove leather, -- usually made from lambskins tanned with willow bark. Also used adjectively; as, su[`e]de gloves.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : suede
Spanish:
ante, gamuza,
German:
das Wildleder,
Japanese:
スエード皮
suede
undressed kid skin, 1884, from gants de Suède (1859), lit. "gloves of Sweden," from Fr. Suède "Sweden."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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