brocaded
English
Adjective
brocaded (comparative more brocaded, superlative most brocaded)
- Embellished with brocade
- 1713, John Gay, Araminta. A Town Eclogue:
- Brocaded Flow’rs o’er the gay Manteau shine,
And the rich Stays her Taper Shape confine;
Thus all her Dress exerts a graceful Pride,
And sporting Loves surround th’ expecting Bride […]
- 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “Chapter 11”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co., →OCLC:
- The next morning, after breakfast, the green maiden came to fetch Dorothy, and she dressed her in one of the prettiest gowns—made of green brocaded satin.
- 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, Chapter:
- […] slightly withdrawn behind these brocaded matrons sat a young girl in white with eyes ecstatically fixed on the stagelovers.
- 1927, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 6, in Emily's Quest:
- […] she walked in the garden among brocaded moths, wearing a new gown of “powder-blue” chiffon […]
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