† brochev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To stitch, work with raised figures.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > embroider or ornament with sewing
beworkc1000
embrowdc1380
browdc1385
surfle1399
embroider14..
entailc1400
mark1415
lace1453
broider1455
broche1480
brawde1483
stitcha1529
whip1548
bebroyde1582
imphrygiate1592
purfle1601
embroche1611
be-embroider1614
acupinge1623
1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 134 Clothe of golde as well of the grounde of velvet as of satyn ground som broched with golde.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 260 The cassock broched and studded with scarlet in broad guards.
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 234 Broched or guarded with goldsmith's work.
Derivatives
broched adj. worked with raised figures or designs in gold, silver, etc., on a ground of silk or satin; brocaded, embroidered.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > embroidered > other
broched?1510
raised1548
set-stitched1761
chikan1858
Strasbourg1871
Richelieu1878
rococo1879
Holbein1881
Hardanger1893
Mountmellick1893
?1510 Treatyse Galaunt (de Worde) sig. Aiv Newe broched doublettes.
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