What does brocade mean?
Definitions for brocade
broʊˈkeɪdbro·cade
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Princeton's WordNet
brocadeverb
thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
brocadeverb
weave a design into (textiles)
Wiktionary
brocadenoun
A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven.
brocadenoun
An item decorated with brocade.
brocadeverb
To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BROCADEnoun
A silken stuff, variegated with colours of gold or silver.
Etymology: brocado, Span.
I have the conveniency of buying and importing rich brocades. Spectator, №. 288.
Or stain her honour, or her new brocade,
Forget her pray’rs, or miss a masquerade. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
Brocade
Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in colored silks and sometimes with 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 is typically woven on a draw loom. It is a supplementary weft technique; that is, the ornamental brocading is produced by a supplementary, non-structural, weft in addition to the standard weft that holds the warp threads together. The purpose of this is to give the appearance that the weave was actually embroidered on. In Guatemala, brocade is the most popular technique used to decorate fabric woven by Maya weavers on backstrap looms. Ornamental features in brocade are emphasized and wrought as additions to the main fabric, sometimes stiffening it, though more frequently producing on its face the effect of low relief. In some, but not all, brocades, these additions present a distinctive appearance on the back of the material where the supplementary weft or floating threads of the brocaded or broached parts hang in loose groups or are clipped away. When the weft is floating on the back, this is known as a continuous brocade; the supplementary weft runs from selvage to selvage. The yarns are cut away in cutwork and broché. Also, a discontinuous brocade is where the supplementary yarn is only woven in the patterned areas. Artisans worked extremely hard to produce these spectacular works of art. It often took years to make them.
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brocade
Brocade is a type of fabric, typically silk, woven with an intricate, raised pattern or design. The design is usually woven with gold or silver thread. It is used for upholstery and drapery, and historically, for clothing worn on ceremonial or formal occasions. It originated in China and was highly prized across Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Webster Dictionary
Brocadenoun
silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched
Wikidata
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 is typically woven on a draw loom. It is a supplementary weft technique, that is, the ornamental brocading is produced by a supplementary, non-structural, weft in addition to the standard weft that holds the warp threads together. The purpose of this is to give the appearance that the weave actually was embroidered on. In Guatemala, brocade is the most popular technique used to decorate fabric woven by Maya weavers on backstrap looms. Ornamental features in brocade are emphasized and wrought as additions to the main fabric, sometimes stiffening it, though more frequently producing on its face the effect of low relief. In some, but not all, brocades, these additions present a distinctive appearance on the back of the material where the supplementary weft or floating threads of the brocaded or broached parts hang in loose groups or are clipped away. When the weft is floating on the back, this is known as a continuous brocade; the supplementary weft runs from selvage to selvage. The yarns are cut away in cutwork and broché. Also, a discontinuous brocade is where the supplementary yarn is only woven in the patterned areas.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Brocade
brok-ād′, n. a silk stuff on which figures are wrought.—adj. Brocad′ed, woven or worked in the manner of brocade: dressed in brocade. [It. broccato, Fr. brocart, from It. broccare, Fr. brocher, to prick, stitch; from root of Broach.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of brocade in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
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The numerical value of brocade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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- брокатBulgarian
- brokátCzech
- Brokat, Seidenbrokat, BrokatstoffGerman
- brocadoSpanish
- براشPersian
- brokadia, brokadiFinnish
- brocartFrench
- brokatoIdo
- broccato, broccareItalian
- ברוקדהHebrew
- 錦, ブロケードJapanese
- სტავრა, ფარჩაGeorgian
- ದಟ್ಟಣೆKannada
- brokaatDutch
- brokatPolish
- brocadoPortuguese
- парчаRussian
- பட்டுTamil
- బ్రోకేడ్Telugu
- sadinabrokat, brokatVolapük
- 錦緞Chinese
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