[f. VELVET sb.]
† 1. The nap or pile of velvet. Obs.
1728. Chambers, Cycl., s.v., The Nap or Shag, call’d also Velveting, of this Stuff … is form’d of part of the Threads of the Warp. Ibid. The Threads that make the Velveting.
2. Velvet as a commercial fabric; velvet in the piece; esp. pl. velvet goods.
1897. in Cent. Dict.
