passement

American  

[pas-muhnt] / ˈpæs mənt /

noun

1. a garment trimming of gold, silver, linen, or silk thread.

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Etymology

Origin of passement

1530–40; < French, for passeman < Spanish pasamano railing (so called because one passes one's hand along it in going up and down stairs), hence edging for clothes. See pass, manual

Example Sentences

Silver.—A passement or guipure wholly or in large part composed of silver wire, or of warp threads of silk, or silk and cotton combined, wound with a thin, flat ribbon of silver.

From Lace, Its Origin and History by Goldenberg, Samuel L.

Guipure.—It was originally a kind of lace or passement made of cartisane and twisted silk.

From Lace, Its Origin and History by Goldenberg, Samuel L.

Chain.—A lace of the seventeenth century, consisting of a braid or passement so worked as to resemble chain links.

From Lace, Its Origin and History by Goldenberg, Samuel L.

Cartisane.—Guipure or passement, made with cartisane, which is vellum or parchment in thin strips or small rolls, covered with silk, gold thread or similar material.

From Lace, Its Origin and History by Goldenberg, Samuel L.