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  • 1Suede — Suede, Suede Su[ e]de(sw[=a]d, 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, suede gloves. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Suede — Suede, Suede Su[ e]de(sw[=a]d, 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, suede gloves. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3suede — ► NOUN ▪ leather, especially the skin of a young goat, with the flesh side rubbed to make a velvety nap. ORIGIN from French gants de Suède gloves of Sweden …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4suede — /swayd/, n., v., sueded, sueding. n. 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… …

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  • 5suede — or suède [[t]sweɪd[/t]] n. v. sued•ed or suèd•ed, sued•ing or suèd•ing 1) clo kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface 2) tex Also called suede′ cloth . a fabric with a napped surface suggesting this 3) tex to treat so as to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 6suede — noun leather, especially the skin of a young goat, with the flesh side rubbed to make a velvety nap. Origin C17: from Fr. (gants de) Suède (gloves of) Sweden …

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  • 7suede — or suède [swād] n. [Fr Suède, Sweden, in gants de Suède, Swedish gloves] 1. tanned leather of calf, kid, cowhide, etc., with the flesh side buffed into a nap 2. a kind of cloth made to resemble this: also suede cloth …

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  • 8suede — [sweıd] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: (gants de) Suède Swedish (gloves) ] soft leather with a slightly rough surface ▪ suede shoes ▪ a suede jacket …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9suede — (n.) undressed kid skin, 1884, from gants de Suède (1859), lit. gloves of Sweden, from Fr. Suède Sweden (see SWEDE (Cf. Swede)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 10Suede — For the English rock band, see Suede (band). For other uses, see Suede (disambiguation). Suede /ˈsweɪd/ is a type of leather with a napped finish, commonly used for jackets, shoes, shirts, purses, furniture and other items. The term comes from… …

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