: a coarse woolen or cotton fabric napped to imitate felt
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My favorite stopgap-sport has been the unfashionable ballet of the green baize, also known as snooker.—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 1 May 2020 Some gamblers go through elaborate rituals before casting their dice onto the green baize table.—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2019 Also resting face down on the green baize was a corpse.—Darryl Levings, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018 But when the need takes you, just remove the baize-protecting top (in three sections) and crank a handle.—Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 18 May 2011
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Etymology
Middle French baies, plural of baie baize, from feminine of bai bay-colored — more at bay
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