Also 6 vellure. [ad. OF. velour: see VELOURS.]
† 1. Velvet. Also attrib. Obs.
1587. Harrison, Descr. Eng., III. i., in Holinshed, I. 221/1. But now … the same [wool] hath beene imploied vnto sundrie other vses, as mockados, baies, vellures, grograines, &c.
1596. Shaks., Tam. Shr., III. ii. 62. One girth sixe times peec’d, and a womans Crupper of velure.
1602. Marston, Ant. & Mel., V. Wks. 1856, I. 57. A yellow taffata dubblet, cut upon carnation velure.
a. 1625. Fletcher, Noble Gent., V. i.. Did you not walk the Town, In a long Cloak half compass? an old Hat, Lin’d with Vellure?
1640. in Entick, London (1766), II. 179. Velures: English, the single piece.
1748. Whitehall Evening-Post, No. 405. [He] had on when he was last seen, a light Dove-coloured Coat, black Velure Waistcoat, grey Breeches, and a light Grizzle Wig.
Comb. 1607. Dekker, Northward Hoe, II. i. The bragging velure-caniond hobbi-horses praunce vp and downe as if some a the Tilters had ridden them.
2. = VELOURS 1. Hence Velure v. trans., to dress (a hat) by means of a velvet pad.
1880. Encycl. Brit., XI. 520/1. Dressing and polishing … come next, after which the hat is ‘velured’ in a revolving machine by the application of haircloth and velvet velures.
