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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

• brochés
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• brochés
  plural

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

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broche broché

The flute or broche, which is the shuttle of the tapestry weaver, flies only as far as it is desired to thrust it, to finish the figure on which its especial colour is required.

From The Tapestry Book by Mrs. Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee

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

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 Joseph Hall

She had on a salmon-colored broche velvet dress, with ostrich feather trimmings, and a long train.

From The Malady of the Century by Max Simon Nordau

I have much to thank you and your kind brother for; I kept the dark silk, as you may suppose: you have made me very fine; the broche is very beautiful.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

She was dressed in an antique, olive-colored silk, with a figure of a lighter color, a heavy, red broché shawl, and her bonnet, cap, &c., after the strictest style of the old school.

From The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 by Edward Everett

The broché ends hung down to her knees.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins

Theo, bring my broché shawl, and wouldn't you wear my satin hood?

From Maggie Miller by Mary Jane Holmes

The collation of new books in cloth or broché should be done before cutting, provided they are issued to readers untrimmed.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Ainsworth Rand Spofford