Advertisement
velour (n.)
1706, also velure, velours, from French velours "velvet," from Old French velor, alteration of velos "velvet," from Old Provençal velos, from Latin villosus (adj.) "shaggy, hairy, rough" (in Medieval Latin "velvet"), from villus "shaggy hair, tuft of hair" (see velvet).
updated on March 12, 2014
Advertisement
Advertisement
Dictionary entries near velour
vellum
velocipede
velociraptor
velocity
velodrome
velour
Velox
velum
velvet
velveteen
velvety