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Chenille

noun
1.
A soft tufted cord used in embroidery.  Synonym: chenille cord.
2.
A heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads.



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"Chenille" Quotes from Famous Books



... Georgianna. The boarding-house was crowded, at this particular time, and Georgie, who flitted about as a rule to whatever room chanced to be empty, was now quartered here and slept on a narrow couch, set at an angle from the bay-window, and covered with a worn strip of chenille. ...
— Saturday's Child • Kathleen Norris
... with much grace and self-complacency Italian-French, and accompanied by way of interpreter our own conductress, who motioned us to the sitting-room, where nuns and pensioners were embroidering, with silk, cotton, chenille, and beads, various pretty, ugly, and fantastical, useless things. Luckily, none were finished at that moment, and their empty basket saved our purses and our taste ...
— The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Vol. 2 • Maria Edgeworth


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