devoré


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
devoré /dəˈvɔːreɪ/
noun a velvet fabric with a pattern formed by burning the pile away with acid.
– origin from Fr. dévoré, lit. ‘devoured’, past part. of dévorer.
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