moquette

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating, etc.

   “The interior colour scheme departs from the conventional L.T. red and green upholstery and matching paintwork, which has been replaced by a maroon and grey moquette with dove grey paint below the waist rail.”

   “A winter of walking about in the rain down snowlit streets; overheated hotel-rooms with the smell of furry moquette […]”

   “You can buy a bag made out of Tube or bus seat moquette, or commission a sofa made in that moquette, so you can be sitting watching television on the same stuff you rode home from work on ... except that historical moquettes are what interest most people.”

2. (countable, uncountable)An article covered in such material.