passement
Americannoun
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
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"It's not retaliation," said Steven Passement, the agency's acting special operations supervisor in Tucson.
From Los Angeles Times
Passement said water left for migrants in the desert will never be enough to sustain them and instead "is giving them false hope."
From Los Angeles Times
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 Project Gutenberg
Chain.—A lace of the seventeenth century, consisting of a braid or passement so worked as to resemble chain links.
From Project Gutenberg
Guipure.—It was originally a kind of lace or passement made of cartisane and twisted silk.
From Project Gutenberg
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