Also Sc. 5 Vtt-, Out-, Owtrecht, Outrech, -rik, 7 Utrik. The name of a town and province in Holland, used attrib. in the sense ‘coined, made, etc., at Utrecht,’ as † Utrecht gulden, noble.
1494. Halyburton’s Ledger (1867), 52. An Vttrecht gudlyn and a Gentis gudlyn. Ibid. (1497), 125. Item lent hym … 7 Outrecht guldynis.
1604. Extr. Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887), 108. Aucht haill Utrik nobles.
† b. ellipt. or as sb. A Utrecht gulden. Obs.
1493. Halyburton’s Ledger (1867), 31. Item resauit fra him … 3 Outrikis, price 4s. Ibid. (1498), 249. Gyffyn the Archden … at his partyn, 10 Outrech…. Som or thir Owtrechtis, 2 li. 1s. 8.
c. Utrecht velvet, a strong, thick kind of plush made of worsted, mohair, or mohair and cotton, used in upholstering furniture, carriages, etc.; furniture plush.
1848. H. R. Forster, Stowe Catal., 252. Armchairs, covered with Utrecht velvet.
1897. Daily News, 14 June, 6/6. Green Utrecht velvet upholstered oak furniture.
