velvetine

“Here is one of Isis' gorgeous hand-made cloth chessboards, this one with satine ribbon, velvetine and gold braided trim.”

Archive 2008-12-01

“It was comfortable, however, and had conveniences -- a folding card-table, a cribbage-board, score-pads for whist and five hundred; a humidor of cigars; a large Morris chair and an ugly but well-padded couch of green tufted velvetine.”

The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life

“He had a velvetine coat, red vest, knickerbockers, white stockings, and servant's low shoes, and he wore a huge black beard and a black wig.”

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters

“As we penetrated further into Bohemia, the smock-frock among the men gave place to a cloth or velvetine jacket, and the cap was supplanted by a coarse steeple-crowned hat.”

Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II

“The norty, rorty Louise Germaine, with her lovely unctuous velvetine Kentish goer's patois. late of Dennis Potter's brilliant”

Army Rumour Service