moquette

plural moquettes

1. countableuncountableA kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating, etc.

   A winter of walking about in the rain down snowlit streets; overheated hotel-rooms with the smell of furry moquette […]

   1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 178

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   The interior colour scheme departs from the conventional L.T. red and green upholstery and matching paintwork, which has been replaced by a maroon and grey moquette with dove grey paint below the waist rail.

   1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94

   You can buy a bag made out of Tube or bus seat moquette, or commission a sofa made in that moquette, so you can be sitting watching television on the same stuff you rode home from work on ... except that historical moquettes are what interest most people.

   2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 270

   Moquette is a French word meaning a light carpet. It has traditionally used as a covering for train and bus seats in Britain, and that tradition is particularly honourable in the case of London Underground, on which some of the most beautiful moquettes have appeared.

   2026 August 5, Andrew Martin, “Top 10 London Underground moquettes”, in RAIL, number 1067, page 56

2. countableuncountableAn article covered in such material.