Baize

Pronunciation

• IPA: /beɪz/Rhymes: -eɪz

Origin

From French baies, feminine plural of adjective bai ("bay-colored") mistaken as a singular noun.

Full definition of baize

Noun

1. A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables etc.
2. (dated) A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.
• 1719: Daniel Defoe, 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...
• 1885: Robert Louis Stevenson, 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.