baizenoun [ U ]
uk/beɪz/us/beɪz/thick, usually green material made from wool and used to cover the special tables on which snooker, billiards, and card games are played
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Textiles: general words
- bias
- bolt
- brocade
- cloth
- cutpiece
- denier 1
- drapery
- filament
- gauze
- lint
- nap
- padding
- pile
- strand
- swatch
- textile
- the weft
- upholstery
- wadding
- yarn
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Snooker, pool & billiards
Examples from literature
- A plain green baize carpet covered about half the floor, and the remainder was of red brick.
- The church aisle was separated from the vestibule only by two green baize doors.
- The men often wear a long cloak reaching to the heels, always hanging open in front, and generally lined with bright green baize.
- The table was covered with green baize stretched tightly over it.
- There is no pulpit in it, but a small table and a chair are placed for the pastor on a low platform covered with green baize.