brocaded

English

Verb

brocaded

  1. simple past tense and past participle of brocade

Adjective

brocaded (comparative more brocaded, superlative most brocaded)

  1. 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, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 11,
      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      [] slightly withdrawn behind these brocaded matrons sat a young girl in white with eyes ecstatically fixed on the stagelovers.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, Emily's Quest, Chapter 6,
      [] she walked in the garden among brocaded moths, wearing a new gown of “powder-blue” chiffon []

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