baize
pronunciation
How to pronounce baize in British English:
UK [beɪz]
How to pronounce baize in American English:
US [bez]
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- Noun:
- a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
Word Origin
- baize (n.)
- coarse woolen fabric, 1570s, bayse, from French baies, fem. plural of adjective bai "bay-colored," from Latin badius "chestnut-colored" (see bay (n.4)). Thus probably so called for its original color. French plural taken as a singular in English.
Example
- 1. No game offers your more challenges on the baize .
- 2. The master of the house scarcely set foot beyond the green baize door ; the mistress only to supervise .
- 3. Hewould be plotting with another gentleman of the same type over agreen baize table .
- 4. Today the main casino , inside a three-star hotel , lies abandoned , its baize tables thick with dust .
- 5. Have much baize after all , this thing your woman team leader is the clearest .