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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024che•nille /ʃəˈnil/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Textilesa fabric made with yarn that is thick and velvety, used esp. in bedspreads.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024che•nille (shə nēl′),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesa velvety cord or yarn of silk or worsted, for embroidery, fringes, etc.
- Textilesfabric made with a fringed silken thread used as the weft in combination with wool or cotton.
- Textilesany fabric with a protruding pile, as in certain rayon bedspreads.
- Textilesa deep-pile, durable, woolen carpeting with chenille weft: the most expensive power-loomed floor covering.
- Latin canīcula, with etymological sense "little dog,'' though attested only in senses "shrewish woman, dogfish, Sirius'' (see canicular); for parallel use of "cat'' in same sense, see caterpillar
- French: velvety cord, literally, caterpillar
- 1730–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chenille /ʃəˈniːl/ n - a thick soft tufty silk or worsted velvet cord or yarn used in embroidery and for trimmings, etc
- a fabric of such yarn
- a rich and hard-wearing carpet of such fabric
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, literally: hairy caterpillar, from Latin canicula, diminutive of canis dog |