Suede is leather with a soft brushed surface. Suede shoes, a suede jacket, brush the suede.
It is made from the inner side of the hide, which is why it is soft and why it soaks up water and stains so readily. The name is French for Sweden — gants de Suede meant gloves from Sweden, and English took half the phrase.
1nounsuedeLeather with a soft brushed surface.
“Don't wear your suede shoes in the rain, or they'll be ruined.”
suede is a leather.
From French gants de Suede, gloves from Sweden. English kept only the country's name.
French
gants de Suède — gloves from Sweden
English, today
suede
French gants de Suède (“gloves from Sweden”). a doublet of Swede.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA