BAIZED

Etymology

Adjective

baized (not comparable)

Covered with baize.

Crossing a quiet and shady courtyard, paved with stone, and frowned upon by old red brick houses, on the doors of which were painted the names of sundry learned civilians, we paused before a small green-baized, brass-headed-nailed door […]

Source: Wiktionary


BAIZE

Baize, n. Etym: [For bayes, pl. fr. OF. baie; cf. F. bai bay-colored. See Bay a color.]

Definition: A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors. A new black baize waistcoat lined with silk. Pepys.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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