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chenille [ʃəˈniːl] n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a thick soft tufty silk or worsted velvet cord or yarn used in embroidery and for trimmings, etc. 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fabric of such yarn 3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a rich and hard-wearing carpet of such fabric [from French, literally: hairy caterpillar, from Latin canicula, diminutive of canis dog] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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initially recalled 162,000 of its chenille robes in April, as it announced that it had received reports of three deaths blamed on the robes' extreme flammability. based Blair recently expanded its recall of more than 300,000 chenille products it imported from a Pakistani manufacturer. Chenille is a form of weaving that results in one of the softest textures of all Tapestries made from chenille require delicate handling, but are tactilely interesting and more touchable than any other type of tapestry |
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