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Velveteen vs Moleskin - What's the difference?

velveteen | moleskin |

As nouns the difference between velveteen and moleskin

is that velveteen is a cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet while moleskin is the fur of a mole.

As a verb moleskin is

to cover with a moleskin bandage.

velveteen

English

Noun

  • A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.

    • moleskin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia moleskin) (en noun)
  • The fur of a mole
  • A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap
  • (in the plural) clothing made of this fabric
  • A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters

    • Verb

    (moleskinn)
  • To cover with a moleskin bandage
  • * 2011 , William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest
  • *:Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers...