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moquette

noun/mɒˈkɛt/

What It Means

A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating, etc.

An article covered in such material.

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Moquette in Context

“A winter of walking about in the rain down snowlit streets; overheated hotel-rooms with the smell of furry moquette […]”

— 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 178

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Borrowed from French moquette.

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