Brocaded
fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
to weave with a raised design or figure.
Historical Examples
In the Border Country Josephine Daskam Bacon
Richard I Jacob Abbott
Major Vigoureux A. T. Quiller-Couch
The Life Of Sir John Falstaff Robert B. Brough
With Spurs of Gold Frances Nimmo Greene
Missy Dana Gatlin
What Will People Say? Rupert Hughes
The Regent E. Arnold Bennett
The Way of the Gods John Luther Long
Temple Trouble Henry Beam Piper
noun
a rich fabric woven with a raised design, often using gold or silver threads
(as modifier): brocade curtains
verb
(transitive) to weave with such a design
n.
v.
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