Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Suede \Su[`e]de\ (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, su[`e]de gloves.

Source : WordNet®

suede
     n 1: leather with a napped surface
     2: a fabric made to resemble suede leather [syn: {suede cloth}]