bayeta

noun

baye·​ta

bī-ˈā-tə

plural -s

1

: baize sense 1

2

: an imitation of baize woven by the Navahos

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, probably from obsolete French baiette, from Middle French, diminutive of baie baize

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