In old documents, the notation 天鵞絨 sometimes refers to velvet.
The standard modern word for velvet, borrowed from Portuguese. 天鵞絨 is a rare, literary kanji spelling for the same concept.
Rare kanji spelling for velvet; the second character 鵞 is a variant of 鵝 (goose).
Alternate rare kanji spelling using 鵝 instead of 鵞.
Borrowed from Chinese 天鵝絨, literally “swan down,” the established Chinese name for velvet; Japanese uses the variant character 鵞.