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
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name
= "
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Brown
,
Lesley
The
New
shorter
Oxford
English
dictionary
on
historical
principles
.
pub
.
Clarendon
Oxford
1993
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=
0-19-861271-0
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Verb
To
decorate
fabric
with
raised
woven
patterns
.