Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soft tufted cord traditionally of silk, cotton, or worsted used in embroidery or for fringing.
- noun Fabric made of or resembling this cord, commonly used for bedspreads or rugs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given to the cotton leaf-worm or cotton caterpillar, the larva of Alabama argillacea, by Louisiana planters of French descent, and adopted by many others.
- noun A soft, velvety cord of silk or worsted, used in embroidery and for fringes and other ornamental parts of women's dresses, etc.
- noun A name for Dasya elegans, one of the red marine algæ), order Florideæ. See
Dasya .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an extremely soft and
bunchy fabric often used to makesweaters
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads
- noun a soft tufted cord used in embroidery
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On one side of the door, framed and glazed, was a large coat of arms of the Kittery family, worked in chenille and embroidery, – the labor of Miss Deborah's hands during the course of her early education.
Oldtown Folks 1869
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This summer after getting reports of six deaths, the Blair company recalled chenille robes that it sold through its online and retail stores because they failed to meet federal flammability standards.
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This summer after getting reports of six deaths, the Blair company recalled chenille robes that it sold through its online and retail stores because they failed to meet federal flammability standards.
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If they weave cloth of it, that's called chenille too.
Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994
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If they weave cloth of it, that's called chenille too.
Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994
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Tight weaves or knits and fabrics without a fuzzy or napped surface are less likely to ignite and burn rapidly than open knits or weaves, or fabrics with brushed or piled surfaces such as chenille ..
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The wicker is very delicately plaited, and is ornamented with a pattern in chenille which is very easy to work.
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A kind of chenille robe made by Blair and sold through its catalog is being recalled after six deaths.
Jezebel 2009
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I tie a skunk fly up with yellow chenille and it works very well.
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I tie a skunk fly up with yellow chenille and it works very well.
fbharjo commented on the word chenille
"little dog" or dog fabric???
June 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word chenille
Interesting etymology! I never realized this word had any relation to dogs. From dictionary.com:
Origin: 1730–40; < F: velvety cord, lit., caterpillar < L canīcula, with etymological sense “little dog,�? though attested only in senses “shrewish woman, dogfish, Sirius�? (see canicular); for parallel use of “cat�? in same sense, see caterpillar
June 22, 2007
treeseed commented on the word chenille
I love chenille bedspreads and they symbolize homey, country grandma style to me.
February 3, 2008
lweber5@scf.edu commented on the word chenille
Under the chenille bed spreads the farm girls feel great. -Websters Dictionary pg.14
September 24, 2010