chenille
noun/ʃəˈniːl/
Etymology
Borrowed from French chenille. Doublet of canicule.
- borrowed from chenille
Definitions
An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
- The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for chenille. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA