Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A heavy fabric with highly raised designs.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A variety of ornamental marble, the most famous localities of which are in Italy and Spain. That from Siena, which is perhaps the most characteristic and beautiful variety known, consists of a ground of yellow marble traversed by numerous interlacing veins of darker material, most of which are of a deep-violet color.
- n. An inferior material used for curtains, furniture-covering, and the like, made of silk and wool, silk and cotton, or pure wool, but having a more or less silky surface.
- n. Also written brocatello.
Wiktionary
- n. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.
- n. A kind of marble, clouded and veined with white, grey, red, and especially yellow; Siena marble.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.
- n. A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called
Siena marble , from its locality.
Etymologies
- French brocatelle, from Italian brocatello. See brocade. (Wiktionary)
- French brocatelle, from Italian broccatello, diminutive of broccato, brocade; see brocade. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“She moved along its coast, through bays and around capes, witnessing great spires of agate, beaches of spherical brocatel boulders, and twisting dunes of onyx sand.”
“From what she had heard, she was not prepossessed in the lady's favor; but, curious to know why she was there at this early hour, she hastened the making of her toilet, and went down to the parlor, where Madam Conway sat, coiled in one corner of the sofa, which she had satisfied herself was covered with real brocatel, as were also the chairs within the room.”
“In color, the morocco-cushioned chairs and sofas matched it well, and from the broad, massive cornice over the windows -- cornice representing writhing serpents in clusters of oak leaves -- folds of golden-flowered brocatel hung stiff and stately to the floor.”
“Closer pressed the pallid face against the glass; firmer grew the grasp of the icy fingers on the brocatel; she had no strength to meet him.”
“In expectation of her return, an entirely new set of furniture had been selected in New York, and arranged some weeks before her arrival -- costly carpets, splendid mirrors, plush and brocatel sofas, rich china, and every luxury which wealth and fastidious taste could supply.”
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Marbles
From the GNU Webster's 1913:
"n. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white ...marble, marbles, lost my marbles, Elgin Marbles, Yule marble, Verona red marble, Carrara marble, Pentelican marble, Parian marble, bardiglio, lumachelle, fire-marble and 117 more...
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