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suede

suede

See also: Suède and suède

English

a suede jacket

Noun

suede (usually uncountable, plural suedes)

  1. A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.
    • 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, in The Subtle Minotaur:
      “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”

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Adjective

suede (not comparable)

  1. Made of suede

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