baize
noun
ˈbāz 
: a coarse woolen or cotton fabric napped to imitate felt
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web My favorite stopgap-sport has been the unfashionable ballet of the green baize, also known as snooker. 
Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 1 May 2020 Some gamblers go through elaborate rituals before casting their dice onto the green baize table. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2019 Also resting face down on the green baize was a corpse. Darryl Levings, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018 But when the need takes you, just remove the baize-protecting top (in three sections) and crank a handle. Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 18 May 2011
Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 1 May 2020 Some gamblers go through elaborate rituals before casting their dice onto the green baize table. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2019 Also resting face down on the green baize was a corpse. Darryl Levings, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018 But when the need takes you, just remove the baize-protecting top (in three sections) and crank a handle. Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 18 May 2011 Word History
Etymology
Middle French baies, plural of baie baize, from feminine of bai bay-colored — more at bay
First Known Use
1578, in the meaning defined above
- in jure cessio
- in justification of
- in keeping with
- in large measure
- in large part
- in leaf
- in league
- in less than no time
- in lieu
- in lieu of
- in light of
- in limbo
- in limine
- in line for
- in line with
- in litigation
- in little
- in living color
- in living memory
- in lo
- in lockstep
- in loco parentis
- in love
- in low spirits
- in luck