Touched soft material (4)
I believe the answer is:
felt
This clue is a double definition.
'touched' is the first definition.
(feeling is a kind of touching)
'soft material' is the second definition.
(Other definitions for felt that I've seen before include "Sensed - beret material" , "Considered" , "Cloth of matted fibres; experienced" , "examined by touch" , "Touched - experienced" .)