velour
noun/vəˈlʊə(r)/
/vəˈlʊr/
[uncountable]- a type of silk or cotton cloth with a thick, soft surface like velvetWord Originearly 18th cent.: from French velours ‘velvet’, from Old French velour, from Latin villosus ‘hairy’, from villus ‘tuft, down’.
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