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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-shay, braw-shay] / 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

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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

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Example Sentences

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broche broché

We woun' de thread on a broche, make like and 'bout de size of a ice pick.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

Ring . ne broche nabbe ȝe . ne gurdel i membred .

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

Had to hold the broche at the reel.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

The firelight played on the reel, whirling in a lustrous circle before her, on the broche stuck in the rough little shoe, on her arm, uplifted in a graceful curve as she held the thread.

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree

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

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

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

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