broidery

American  

[broi-der-ee] / ˈbrɔɪ dər i /

noun

plural

broideries

1. Archaic. embroidery, or any embellishment likened to embroidery.

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Example Sentences

Then, one morning, as she sat at her broidery frame alone, she heard voices, and running to see, found Guido and the priest who had married her.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

The Prioress and a Novice are sitting in a window-seat engaged in broidery work.

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred

I should desire to buy more happiness with such a sum than could be stitched into golden broidery and seed-pearl.”

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)

The chrysanthemums of autumn burned upon his coat in cunning broidery.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace

If I had been Margaret, now, I could not have sat quietly to that broidery.

From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Holt, Emily Sarah