noun. A soft tufted cord traditionally of silk, cotton, or worsted used in embroidery or for fringing.

noun. Fabric made of or resembling this cord, commonly used for bedspreads or rugs.

noun. A name given to the cotton leaf-worm or cotton caterpillar, the larva of Alabama argillacea, by Louisiana planters of French descent, and adopted by many others.

noun. A soft, velvety cord of silk or worsted, used in embroidery and for fringes and other ornamental parts of women's dresses, etc.

noun. A name for Dasya elegans, one of the red marine algæ), order Florideæ. See Dasya.

noun. Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.

noun. an extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters

noun. a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads

noun. a soft tufted cord used in embroidery

"On one side of the door, framed and glazed, was a large coat of arms of the Kittery family, worked in chenille and embroidery, – the labor of Miss Deborah's hands during the course of her early education."

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