/beɪz/
OriginFrom French baies, feminine plural of adjective bai (“bay-colored”) mistaken as a singular noun.
- countable, uncountableA thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
- countable, dated, uncountableA coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.
“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...”
“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.”
- transitiveTo cover or line with baize.
Formsbaizes(plural) · baizes(present, singular, third-person) · baizing(participle, present) · baized(participle, past) · baized(past) · Baizes(plural)