brocade

UK/bɹəˈkeɪd/US/broʊˈkeɪd/

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Other forms: brocades

Brocade is a heavy fabric with a raised woven pattern. Gold brocade, a brocade coat, woven brocade.

The pattern is made with extra threads carried in during weaving, which is what makes it stand proud of the surface and what makes it expensive. Gold and silver thread turns it into the cloth of court dress.

Definitions of brocade

1nounbrocadeA heavy fabric with a raised woven pattern.C2
“The queen's gown was made of heavy gold brocade.”

brocade is a fabric.

Where it comes from

Italian broccato comes from brocco, a twisted thread or shoot.

Italian
broccato
French
brocart
Portuguese
brocado
Occitan
brocada
English, today
brocade

From Occitan brocada and Spanish - and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, from Italian broccato, from brocco, ultimately from cel-gau -.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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brocade in the wild

Apamea remissa, the dusky brocade, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae.
Apamea remissa
Okobo worn for Shichi-Go-San celebrations may instead feature brocade fabric decorating the outside of the shoe, with a woven bamboo base (known as tatami omote) on top.
Okobo
In Guatemala, brocade is the most popular technique used to decorate fabric woven by Maya weavers on backstrap looms.
Brocade
Lacanobia contigua, the beautiful brocade, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
Lacanobia contigua
Lacanobia w-latinum, the light brocade, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
Lacanobia w-latinum

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