Obs. rare. [ad. It. velluto, or var. of vellet VELVET sb. after this.] Velvet.
1561. T. Hoby, trans. Castiglione’s Courtyer, I. (1577), F ij. Wyth hir shooes of vellute, and hir hose fitting cleane to hir legge.
1632. B. Jonson, Magn. Lady, V. iii. [It] will save charges Of coaches, vellute gowns, and cut-work smocks.
