nubby
/ˈnʌbi
/(also nubbly)
adjective chiefly US
(Of fabric) coarse or knobbly in texture: nubby blue cotton...
- Features include a nubby texture in the fabric and black pearl buttons.
- Our cat never scratches the couch and only focuses on the chair, I assume because it's more satisfying to have his claws stuck in the nubbly fabric.
- Her fabrication ranges from rich tweed with nubby (yet soft to the touch) textures, silk crêpe, georgette, satin and various (heavy to light) jerseys.
Origin
Early 19th century (as nubbly): derivative of nubble.
Rhymes
- International Date Line
- International Development Association
- international driving licence
- international driving license
- international driving permit
- Internationale
- International Energy Agency
- International Finance Corporation
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Gothic
- internationalise
- internationalism
- internationalist
- internationality
- internationalization
- internationalize
- International Klein Blue
- International Labour Organization
- international law
- internationally
- International Maritime Association
- International Monetary Fund
- international orange
- International Organization for Standardization
- international person