brocade

Plural: brocades

Noun

• thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
• 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
• A decorative pattern.

Verb

Verb Forms: brocaded, brocading, brocades

• To weave fabric with a raised pattern, creating a rich design.
• weave a design into (textiles)
• To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

Examples

• He tried to brocade a long word across the triple-letter squares for maximum impact.

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