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velvetry

velvetry noun: garments or furnishings made from velvet.

Noun

velvetry (countable and uncountable, plural velvetries)

  1. Garments or furnishings made from velvet.
    • All their ribandry and gauzery — their silkery and velvetry — were draggled, and limp, and shapeless […]1862, Charles Mackay, The Gouty Philosopher, page 170
    • And it was from behind those draped velvetries that the sounds came, a buzzing, as of conversation.1967, Richard S. Prather, Gat Heat, page 108

Forms of velvetry

pluralvelvetries

Origin of velvetry

From velvet + -ry.

Questions about velvetry

What does velvetry mean?
Velvetry means garments or furnishings made from velvet.
What part of speech is velvetry?
Velvetry is a noun.
What is the plural of velvetry?
The plural of velvetry is velvetries.

Words near velvetry in the dictionary

  1. velvetleaf
  2. velvetleafs
  3. velvetlike
  4. velvetmallow
  5. velvetries
  6. velvetry
  7. velvets
  8. velvetseed
  9. velvetseeds
  10. velvetty
  11. velvetweed

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