velours d'Utrecht

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /və.luʁ d‿y.tʁɛkt/

Noun

velours d’Utrecht m (uncountable)

  1. Utrecht velvet
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 6, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:
      L’ambition de mademoiselle Baptistine eût été de pouvoir acheter un meuble de salon en velours d’Utrecht jaune à rosaces et en acajou à cou de cygne, avec canapé.
      Mlle Baptistine's ambition would have been to be able to buy lounge furniture in yellow Utrecht velvet with rosettes and in swan-neck mahogany, with a sofa.