The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Suede \Suede\, Suede \Su[`e]de\(sw[=a]d, sw[asl]d, or sw[^a]d), n. [F., Sweden.] Swedish glove leather, -- usually made from lambskins tanned with willow bark. Also used adjectively; as, suede gloves; blue suede shoes. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
suede n 1: leather with a napped surface [syn: suede, suede leather] 2: a fabric made to resemble suede leather [syn: suede cloth, suede]