soutache

American

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

noun

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

soutache British

/ suːˈtæʃ /

noun

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

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soutache

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: Crimson velvet; white satin beads; gold soutache; and fine gold bouillon.

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

You are all plain one minute, and the next you are all soutache and buttons.

From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Montague Glass

The outer border of the work is composed of a piece of black soutache, edged with a tiny trefoil pattern in cerise silk.

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

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