SUEDE


Meaning of SUEDE in English

/ sweɪd; NAmE / noun

[ U ] soft leather with a surface like velvet on one side, used especially for making clothes and shoes :

a suede jacket

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from French (gants de) Suède (gloves of) Sweden.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.