suede cloth

Variant of suede

or

noun

  1. tanned leather of calf, kid, cowhide, etc., with the flesh side buffed into a nap
  2. a kind of cloth made to resemble this

Origin: Fr Suède, Sweden, in gants de Suède, Swedish gloves

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