[ beɪz ]
■ noun a coarse felt-like woollen material that is typically green, used for covering billiard and card tables.
Origin
C16: from Fr. baies , feminine plural of bai (see bay 4 ), treated as a singular noun.
[ beɪz ]
■ noun a coarse felt-like woollen material that is typically green, used for covering billiard and card tables.
Origin
C16: from Fr. baies , feminine plural of bai (see bay 4 ), treated as a singular noun.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004