chenilles

Noun

chenille (countable and uncountable, plural chenilles)

1. An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
   • The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi