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countable and uncountable, plural baizes
A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc. examples
(dated) A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors. quotations examples
my goods being all English manufacture, such as cloths, stuffs, baize, and things particularly valuable and desirable in the country, I found means to sell them to a very great advantage...
1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door covered with a red baize; and through this, Mr. Utterson was at last received into the doctor's cabinet.
1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
third-person singular simple present baizes, present participle baizing, simple past and past participle baized
To cover or line with baize. examples