orphrey
noun
an ornamental band or border, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment.
orphreys
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pluralof orphrey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The orphreys, or straight borders, which go down on both fronts of the cope, are decorated with heraldic charges.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Less essential are the orphreys on the hem of the arms and the fringes along the slits at the sides and the lower hem.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
From this time onward, however, the embroidery became ever more and more elaborate, and with this tendency the orphreys were broadened to allow of their being decorated with figures.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
The orphreys, or straight borders which go down both fronts of the cope, are decorated with heraldic charges.
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
This is splendidly engraved in Von Bock’s “Kleinodien” amongst the coronation robes of the Emperors of Germany, and is adorned with the richest golden orphreys, imitating jewellers’ work, enriched with pearls and silver bells.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
