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prettygoodwordmoquette (moh-KET) - n., a carpet or upholstery fabric having a thick, velvety pile.
If you've ever been on public transport with seats that feel a little softer than ye standard upholstery, that's moquette:
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Taken around 1760 from French, where it now means fitted carpet, alteration of earlier moucade, imitation velvet, before which my trail runs cold.
---L.
If you've ever been on public transport with seats that feel a little softer than ye standard upholstery, that's moquette:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
Taken around 1760 from French, where it now means fitted carpet, alteration of earlier moucade, imitation velvet, before which my trail runs cold.
---L.
