[vel-vi-teen] 
| 1. | a cotton pile fabric with short pile. |
| 2. | velveteens, trousers of this fabric. |
| 3. | made of velveteen: a velveteen jumper. |
| vel·vet·een (věl'vĭ-tēn') n. A cotton pile fabric resembling velvet. [From velvet.] |
velveteen
in textiles, fabric with a short, dense pile surface and a smooth back, usually made of cotton and resembling velvet. It is made by the filling-pile method, in which the plain or twill weave is used as a base and extra fillings are floated over four or five warps. After weaving, the floats are cut, and their ends are brushed up to form a smooth pile about one-eighth inch long.
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