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Webster 1913 Edition


Brocade

Bro-cade′

,
Noun.
[Sp.
brocado
(cf. It.
broccato
, F.
brocart
), fr. LL.
brocare
*prick, to figure (textile fabrics), to emboss (linen), to stitch. See
Broach
.]
Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; – also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.
A gala suit of faded
brocade
.
W. Irving.

Webster 1828 Edition


Brocade

BROCA'DE

,
Noun.
Silk stuff, variegated with gold and silver, or raised and enriched with flowers, foliage and other ornaments.

Definition 2024


brocade

brocade

English

Noun

brocade (countable and uncountable, plural brocades)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven.
  2. An item decorated with brocade.

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brocade (third-person singular simple present brocades, present participle brocading, simple past and past participle brocaded)

  1. To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

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