noun
Refers to the fabric velvet. Often used in compound words like ビロードのよう (velvety). Cross-referenced with ベルベット, which is a more common modern loanword for velvet.
from Portuguese veludo
See also: ベルベット
このソファはビロード張りだ。
This sofa is upholstered in velvet.
彼女はビロードのドレスを着ていた。
She was wearing a velvet dress.
ベルベット is a more common modern loanword for velvet, while ビロード is an older borrowing from Portuguese. ビロード may carry a slightly more traditional or classical nuance.
Borrowed from Portuguese 'veludo' (velvet). The kanji forms are ateji (phonetic equivalents) and are rarely used.