baize

plural baizes

1. countableuncountableA thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
2. countabledateduncountableA coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.

   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.

   1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

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   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...

   1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

present singular third person baizes · participle present baizing · participle past baized · past baized

1. transitiveTo cover or line with baize.

plural Baizes

1. A surname.