PREFERRED TERM
Plush (fabric)
DEFINITION
- n. A term borrowed from the French "pluche". From previous forms as "plush" "plushe" "plusch" among others. It defines a cut velvet with very long pile, used especially for upholstery, servant's livery, etc.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980; Stevenson, Angus, ed. Oxford Dictionary of English. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2010.
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Peluche de soie (armure)
French
Peluche
Italian
Peluche
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/439
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