Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - suede

 noun see suede I SUEDE  I. noun  also suede  Etymology: French gants de Suede Swedish gloves  Date: 1883  1. leather with a napped surface  2. a fabric finished with a nap to simulate ~  II. verb  (~d; sueding)  Date: 1921  transitive verb to give a ~ finish or nap to (a fabric or leather)  intransitive verb to give cloth or leather a ~ finish