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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
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suede also suède   (swād)   
n.  
  1. Leather with a soft napped surface.

  2. Fabric made to resemble suede.


[Short for Suède gloves, from French gants de Suède, gloves of Sweden, from Suède, Sweden.]
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Word Origin & History

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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