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• broche
  broche

  noun

  (in weaving tapestries) a device on which the filling yarn is wound, used as a shuttle in passing through the shed of the loom to deposit the yarn.
• broché
  broché

  adjective

  woven with a pattern; brocaded.

broche

¹ American  

[brohsh] / broʊʃ /

noun

1. (in weaving tapestries) a device on which the filling yarn is wound, used as a shuttle in passing through the shed of the loom to deposit the yarn.

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broché ² American  

[broh-shey, braw-shey] / broʊˈʃeɪ, brɔˈʃeɪ /

adjective

1. woven with a pattern; brocaded.

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noun

plural

brochés

1. a pinstripe woven in the warp direction of fabric used in the manufacture of clothing.

broché British  

/ brɔʃe, brəʊˈʃeɪ /

adjective

1. woven with a raised design, as brocade

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Etymology

Origin of broche¹

1880–85; < French: spindle, a pointed instrument; see broach

Origin of broché²

1470–80; < French, past participle of brocher to emboss (linen), weave (cloth) with a figure. See broach, brocade

Example Sentences

But it was not until she was obediently following her aunt's black broche train to the lift up the steps again that the tall man passed them in the corridor.

From The Point of View by Glyn, Elinor

The other was for— "Thierry Gueroult, en broche et en fossets  Gueu très-expert pour les Religieux."

From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 by Turner, Dawson

Specimens fattened by the Gaveuse Martin, all ready for the broche, used to be sold on the premises.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various

The shades were produced by two little tricks open as the day, hatching being one, the other, winding two shades on the same broche or shuttle.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.

Ring ne broche ne habbe ȝe · ne gurdel imembret · ne glouen ne nan swuch 65 þing þ̵ ow ne deh to habben.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph