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moquette

WordNet
  1. (n) moquette
    a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Moquette
    A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) moquette
    A stuff with a thick soft velvety nap of wool, and a warp of hemp or linen, especially such a material heavy enough to be used for carpeting.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Moquette
    mō-ket′ a material for carpets, with a loose velvety pile—the back thick canvas, &c.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr.

Usage in literature

Some sort of moquette, I should say. "The Rise of Silas Lapham" by William Dean Howells

Silks and moquette harmonize as well as calico and ingrain once did. "The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)" by Marion Harland

In moquettes and draperies they are carrying a large line of entirely new patterns, designed expressly for them. "Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886" by Various