broider

American  

[broi-der] / ˈbrɔɪ dər /

verb (used with object)

1. to embroider.

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broider British  

/ ˈbrɔɪdə /

verb

1. (tr) an archaic word for embroider

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Other Word Forms

• broiderer noun
• broidery noun

Etymology

Origin of broider

1400–50; late Middle English, variant of browder, Middle English broide ( n ), browde ( n ) (past participle, taken as infinitive of braid ( def. ) ) + -er ⁶

Example Sentences

"I'll broider with my spray Stone bridge and granite quay, And bear great ships away Unto the long wide sea."

From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Lee, Agnes

Her lily fingers that so well Could paint a scene—in aquarelle— Or broider plush with leaves and vines, No more of real labor knew Than waxen petals of the dew On native eglantines.

From Poems Vol. IV by Howard, Hattie

Gray mosses broider it where the sun lies, and dark green where the water drips.

From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian

It was a fair and noble maid, She dwelt in her father's hall; Both linen and silk did she broider and braid, Yet found in it solace small.

From The Feast at Solhoug by Archer, William

She would have followed Bacon to the death, and sat up all night to broider herself a kerchief.

From The Heart's Highway by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins