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Synonyms for brocade

Grammar : Noun
Spell : broh-keyd
Phonetic Transcription : broʊˈkeɪd

Top 10 synonyms for brocade
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Définition of brocade

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Spanish brocado, from Italian broccato "embossed cloth," originally past participle of broccare "to stud, set with nails," from brocco "small nail," from Latin broccus "projecting, pointed" (see broach (n.)).
  • As in embroidery : noun fancy stitching
Example sentences :
  • Tis a brocade that for best preservation must not be hung always in the sun.
  • Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks
  • The Master said, Feeding on rice, clad in brocade, couldst thou be at rest?
  • Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius
  • He must lay aside his violin; he must put on his brocade coat and his lace ruffles.
  • Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • On the wall hung Mrs. Hoffman's brocade shawl and Sunday hat.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Tenements » by Jacob A. Riis
  • The great throne-room was ornamented with enormous columns of silver, between which were hangings of rich silk or brocade.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7. (of 7): The Sassanian or New Persian Empire » by George Rawlinson
  • Simply in details of hair, lace, and brocade did he elaborate.
  • Extract from : « Franz Hals » by Edgcumbe Staley
  • He filched the very pall of brocade off his dead fathers coffin.
  • Extract from : « Smoke » by Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich
  • Was the industrious husbandman to be contented with rags and tatters, whilst lazy priests were clothed in silks and brocade?
  • Extract from : « Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2 » by Charles Rochfort Scott
  • Mrs. Asterley, too, was as fine as brocade and ribbons could make her.
  • Extract from : « Mohawks, Volume 3 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • There was a shimmer upon and around him like the halo about a saint in gold and brocade.
  • Extract from : « The Song of Songs » by Hermann Sudermann
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