brocade – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
brocade
n.
heavy silk fabric decorated with a raised pattern
v.
weave a raised pattern into a fabric, ornament with a raised design (of fabric)
Brocade
Brocade is a class of richly decorative
shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in colored
silks and with or without
gold and
silver threads. The name, related to the same root as the word "
broccoli", comes from
Italian broccato meaning "embossed cloth", originally
past participle of the
verb broccare "to stud, set with nails", from
brocco, "small nail", from
Latin broccus, "projecting, pointed".
brocade
Noun
1. thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
Verb
1. weave a design into (textiles)
(hypernym) weave, tissue
(classification) handicraft
brocade
Rzecz.
brokat
Brocade
(n.)
Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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