baize - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
baize (countable and uncountable, plural baizes)
- A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
- (dated) A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.
- ✤ my goods being all English manufacture, such as cloths, stuffs, baize, and things particularly valuable and desirable in the country, I found means to sell them to a very great advantage…1
- ✤ At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door covered with a red baize; and through this, Mr. Utterson was at last received into the doctor’s cabinet.2
Verb
baize (third-person singular simple present baizes, present participle baizing, simple past and past participle baized)
- (transitive) To cover or line with baize.
Etymology
From French baies, feminine plural of adjective bai (“bay-colored”) mistaken as a singular noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /beɪz/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
- Homophones: bays, Bayes
- ✤ Rhymes: -eɪz
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