brocade
/bɹəˈkeɪd/ · noun
Meaning
- A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
- An item decorated with brocade.
- Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena
- (metaphoric) A decorative pattern.
- To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.
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