Crossword clues for chenille
chenille
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chenille \Che*nille"\ (sh[-e]*n[=e]l"), n. [F., prop., a caterpillar.] Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs. [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"velvety cord," 1738, from French chenille, properly "caterpillar," literally "little dog" (13c.), from Latin canicula "a dog" (also "a violent woman; the star Sirius; the worst throw in dice"), diminutive of canis "dog" (see canine (n.)). So called for its furry look. Compare caterpillar.
Wiktionary
n. an extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters
WordNet
n. a soft tufted cord used in embroidery
a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads
Wikipedia
Chenille may refer to:
- the French word for caterpillar
- Chenille fabric, a type of fabric (either a type of colored yarn or the fabric made from it)
- Chenille plant
- Chenille stem, a kind of pipe cleaner
- Chenille Sisters, US female folk group formed in 1985
Usage examples of "chenille".
In her purple chenille bathrobe and green hair curlers, she reminded Emily of some weird eggplant experiment gone awry.
The room was large and high ceilinged and there was a chenille cover on the bed and a cutglass decanter of water on the table.
He shrugs out of the raincoat and tosses it atop the chenille spread on the neatly made bed.
When Doc got downtown he went in and turned on the lights in the drugstore and Poor Tot came in right behind him wearing her aqua chenille robe and house shoes, looking as frazzled as she had the last time this had happened.
Griggs, in a ratty pink chenille robe with maroon flowers, had come into the room frowning.
Tot was in her aqua chenille bathrobe with the pink flamingo on the back, and as Mrs.
Neither alive nor dead after all these years, ever dimming from the world's mindrasping, blinded, and pretzeled in a wheelchair, a chenille half-shirt covering the outer, exposed part of her body.
It was Poppy's spot, to judge from the chenille blanket on which Victoria so contentedly lay.
The cat was sitting on Poppy's favorite chenille throw, simultaneously arching her back and stretching her front legs, looking as though she'd just woken up.
She imagined she smelled her own cologne there, picked up on the chenille throw, no doubt.
The hem of her chocolate-colored chenille robe brushed her ankles as Jessy came out of the bathroom, fresh from a shower, her bare feet leaving damp tracks on the linoleum.
The chenille robe became tangled around her long legs as she strode to the back door and jerked it open, mindless of the cold draft of air on her bare feet.
He set her on it, his mouth clinging to hers while he unknotted the chenille sash of her robe.
Last night in her pink chenille robe and red eyes and blotchy face, she had looked drunk and disoriented.
I went into the bedroom and took the chenille bedspread and sheets off his bed.