chenille

chenille

1. a thick soft tufty silk or worsted velvet cord or yarn used in embroidery and for trimmings, etc.

2. a fabric of such yarn

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chenille

[shə′nēl]

(textiles)

A wool, cotton, silk, rayon, or synthetic yarn with pile protrudng all around.

A fabric woven from chenille yarn.

A fabric with a pile made by weaving a cloth with warp threads around soft filling threads and then cutting.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.