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suede definition

suede or suède (swād)

noun

  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

Etymology: Fr Suède, Sweden, in gants de Suède, Swedish gloves

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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