The story
- French · derived frommatelassé“cushioned, covered as with a mattress”
- English todaymatelassé
French matelassé (“cushioned, covered as with a mattress”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
matelassé
Today it means: A heavy fabric, composed of two layers of cloth, used to form a quilted surface. Full definition →
French matelassé