velveteen

noun

1. a cotton pile fabric with short pile.
2. velveteens, trousers of this fabric.

adjective

3. made of velveteen: a velveteen jumper.

noun

1. 1. a cotton fabric resembling velvet with a short thick pile, used for clothing, etc
   2. (as modifier)velveteen trousers
2. (plural) trousers made of velveteen

n.

imitation velvet (made with cotton in place of silk), 1776, from velvet + commercial suffix -een (variant of -ine).