Also -ett. Now rare. [Irreg. f. VELVET sb. Hence F. velverette.] A variety of fustian with a velvet surface.
1769. De Foe’s Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 7), III. 268. The Cotton Trade … has been greatly improved of late … by the Invention of Velverets.
1776. [see VELVETEEN 1].
1787. G. Canning, Microcosm, No. 22 (1788), 258. I shall presently see landscapes beautifully diversified with … plains of Plush,… vallies of Velveret, and meadows of Manchester.
1803. Ann. Reg., 828. Cotton velvets, velveteens, velverets, thicksets, cords, and other cotton piece goods.
1839. Ure, Dict. Arts, 537. The cotton stuffs called corduroy, velverett, velveteen, thicksett, used for men’s wearing apparel, belong to the same fabric. Ibid., 538. Plain Velveret … Cord and Velveret.
1882. Caulfeild & Saward, Dict. Needlework, 510/2. Velveret, an inferior sort of Velvet, employed for trimmings, the web of which is of cotton, and the pile of silk.
attrib. 1795. Southey, Lett. fr. Spain (1799), 12. A soldier was the other character, in old black velveret breeches.
