Definition of Velvet

Velvet

1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.
2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
3. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
4. To pain velvet.
5. To make like, or cover with, velvet.