baize
IPA: bˈeɪz
noun
- A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
- (dated) A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.
- A surname.
verb
- To cover or line with baize.
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Examples of "baize" in Sentences
- His cloth is made of baize.
- Baize is a coarse woollen cloth.
- The table is covered in green baize.
- I am unhappy about the reference here to baize.
- Baize is available with and without a perceptible nap.
- (* baize is the green felt fabric used to cover gaming tables)
- Baize ended up living with old friends of his mother in Florida.
- It is worn on the brown beret with a red baize and a black baize backing.
- Baize is most often used on snooker and billiards tables to cover the and.
- The manufactures are dowlas, tick, white baize, linsey, stockings, and shoes.
- This article is being cited in non sport related contexts referring to baize.
- One of the players said baize, which is imitation felt, he said, and Keith more or less conceded this.
- On the baize, the balls roll on, but the former stars who now commentate cannot resist blathering about the Jester from Leicester or the Wizard of Wishaw.
- There are people who look like artizans and who never drink anything but champagne, and walk to the tavern on red baize which is laid down from their hut to the tavern.
- With oil prices soaring and revolution in the air in North Africa and the Middle East, it's little wonder investors want to take a few chips off the green baize and cash them in.
- On the table, O'Sullivan's two-year wait for a ranking event title continued as he was beaten 6-5 in the second round by Judd Trump, but the Essex player, who turned 36 on Monday, was keen to discuss matters away from the baize.
- This is a modified billiards table, covered with green baize, as is normal, but oval rather than rectangular and without pockets — a feature of carambola, where players score points by "caroming" their cue ball off the opponent's cue and object balls on a single shot.