brocade

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'It would ruin the rose-coloured brocade, and the curtains would smell

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  1. noun A heavy fabric interwoven with a rich, raised design.

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  1. Spanish or Portuguese brocado, from Italian brocato, from brocco, twisted thread, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, spike, from Latin brocchus, projecting, of Celtic origin.

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  1. from Spanish brocado (= Portuguese brocado = Italian broccato; cf. French brocart), brocade, properly past participle of *brocar (= Portuguese brocar, bore) = French brocher, embroider, stitch, etc.: see broach, v.
 

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