empiecementn.
/ɪmˈpiːsm(ə)nt/, /ɛmˈpiːsm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpism(ə)nt/, /ɛmˈpism(ə)nt/ Now rare.
A piece or panel of material inserted in a garment, esp. for decoration.
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1886 Aberdeen Jrnl. 26 Nov. 2/6 A dress of heliotrope cashmere with one of these ‘empiecements’, as French milliners call them, made of deep pansy-coloured velvet or plush,..would be pretty on a child.
1899 Daily News 26 Jan. 6/3 The cape matched the dress, and its empiecement and storm collar were covered with steel embroidery.
1923 N.Y. Times 13 Feb. 38/3 An upstanding petal-like empiecement about the sides and back of the figure.
1927 Observer 13 Mar. 25 Empiecements in artistic and other geometrical designs are inserted on some, bars of a contrasting material on others.
1986 A. V. Tyrrell Changing Trends in Fashion 9/1 Dressmaking with its many empiecements made mass-production in any form impossible.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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