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brocade

noun
/bɹəˈkeɪd/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from broccato
  2. derived from brocart
  3. derived from brocado
  4. derived from brocada

Definitions

  1. A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and…

    A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.

    • … his desire to stand in brocade and sing Rhadames in Aida was like my eagerness to go far, far beyond fellow intellectuals of my generation who had lost the imaginative soul.

  2. An item decorated with brocade.

  3. Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and…

    Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena

    • Other species considered occasional migrants have become established in the UK in recent years, such as the ... sombre brocade, Blair's mocha, Flame brocade, and Clifden nonpareil.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A decorative pattern.

      • The shrubbery around the cottages is a brocade of lawns and shrubs intermixed, in fancy patterns, with gravel walks, in various directions, which wind into the woods.
      • It is as though the poets and mystics were weaving a colorful brocade of words with the intention to please God and to show His greatness to the world.
      • Saying this, Rikyu stepped into the garden, shook a tree and scattered over the garden gold and crimson leaves, scraps of the brocade of autumn!

    2. To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

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