brocade

Meanings

Noun

• A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
• An item decorated with brocade.
• Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena
• A decorative pattern.

Verb

• To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

Origin

• From Occitan brocada and Spanish and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, from Italian broccato, from brocco, ultimately from Gaulish.