broider

[ broi-der ]

verb (used with object)

to embroider.

Origin of broider

1400–50; late Middle English, variant of browder, Middle English broide(n), browde(n) (past participle, taken as infinitive of braid) + -er⁶

Other words from broider

broi·der·er, noun
broi·der·y, noun

Words Nearby broider

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How to use broider in a sentence

And I cannot broider altar-cloths and I will not try—but I can shoot with any man at the flying mark.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
Gray mosses broider it where the sun lies, and dark green where the water drips.
Minstrel Weather | Marian Storm
But I am sure the woman who can broider like this, is clever enough to make a row of harebells and ferns!
Earl Hubert's Daughter | Emily Sarah Holt
I am the handmaid of the earth, I broider fair her glorious gown, And deck her on her days of mirth With many a garland of renown.
Poems by the Way | William Morris
I'll broider with my spray Stone bridge and granite quay, And bear great ships away Unto the long wide sea.
Enamels and Cameos and other Poems | Thophile Gautier

British Dictionary definitions for broider

broider

/ (ˈbrɔɪdə) /

verb

(tr) an archaic word for embroider

Origin of broider

C15: from Old French brosder, of Germanic origin; see embroider

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