Definition of "velveteen" []

• A cotton pile fabric resembling velvet. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And as I spoke of his longing I turned my eyes away from her, because she was sitting on a sofa, upholstered in velveteen of a sickish green,"
• ""Fool of a dog, that," said the man in velveteen; "can't keep quiet."
• "The illustration shows this method of applying the velveteen which is first stitched to the lining and turned with the edge."