soutache

American  

[soo-tash, soo-tash] / suˈtæʃ, suˈtaʃ /

noun

1. a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.

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soutache British  

/ suːˈtæʃ /

noun

1. a narrow braid used as a decorative trimming

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Etymology

Origin of soutache

1855–60; < French: braid of a hussar's shako < Hungarian sujtás flat braid for trimming

Example Sentences

Released in 1979, this City Sophisticate outfit had a faux-fur-trimmed coat and skirt accented by a yellow soutache braid.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2019

And so you will wear that soutache embroidery and like it.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2018

Materials: Russia leather; blue silk; black purse silk; blue silk soutache; fine gold braid; and gold thread.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Spanish, Rococo, soutache, Cambray . . . stockings, thread, cotton, silk .

From The Darling and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

"So far as they are concerned the soutache could be crimson and the yoke green, and if the price was right they'd buy it anyhow."

From Elkan Lubliner, American by Glass, Montague