plushes

as invelvet

Synonyms for plushes

noun fabic

Word Origin & History

"soft fabric," 1590s, from Middle French pluche "shag, plush," contraction of peluche "hairy fabric," from Old French peluchier "to pull, to tug, to pluck" (the final process in weaving plush), from Vulgar Latin *piluccare "remove hair" (see pluck (v.)). Related: Plushy; plushness.

Example Sentences for plushes

We have a full line in plushes and velvets, ladies, to match all these shades.

Plushes and worsted velvets are unworthy, indeed they are worthless.

So we went on painting a woods interior in materials of all sorts, from tenuous crêpes to solid velvets and plushes.

Colored satin ribbons, folded or crumpled, and velvets and plushes give good object lessons.

Of course cheap velvets and plushes—which are merely velvets with a longer nap—are another matter.

Mohair is used in the manufacture of plushes, dress fabrics, and imitation furs.