And now I see a woman in a dress of white brocade. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
In Autumn the leaves of the tree become purple or red, and they are so pretty that people call them "mountain brocade.". From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan] Reference
Quite a few collections really translated it in the idea of brocade: French tapestries, French wall coverings, French fabrics, he says. From Wordnik.com. [From Reel To Runway] Reference
“Jokh al-Saklát,” rich kind of brocade on broadcloth. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Wrap a turd in any kind of brocade and you still have-a turd. From Wordnik.com. [Ledeen and Chinese ‘Fascism’ « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
WeightChoose heavy fabric such as brocade for sumptuous drapes. From Wordnik.com. [Window Dressing (Tips!)] Reference
= A kind of brocade used for draperies and upholstery; usually raised wool figures on a silk ground. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
History served as a kind of brocade curtain, against which ordinary people (for the most part) strutted their stuff. From Wordnik.com. [How Historical Fiction Went Highbrow] Reference
“Sundus,” a kind of brocade (low Lat. brocare to figure cloth), silk worked in high relief with gold and silver. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The other three were nearly as lavish as the first, being made of "brocade," blue cloth of gold, and crimson velvet. From Wordnik.com. [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference
"Jokh al-Saklát," rich kind of brocade on broadcloth. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Get the rich-list look this Christmas with 'noble' fabrics such as brocade, lamé and lace, says Hilary Alexander. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I had some splendid silk brocade, which I gave him. From Wordnik.com. [General Gordon Saint and Soldier] Reference
She was the kind of girl that could brocade your destiny. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Below Climax] Reference
The sleeves were of white and gold brocade, tight, and barred in the. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
'It would ruin the rose-coloured brocade, and the curtains would smell. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
The Master said, Feeding on rice, clad in brocade, couldst thou be at rest?. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
For a fall cruise, you might try a jazzier dinner jacket in tartan or brocade. From Wordnik.com. [Dressing Up for Nights on a Cruise] Reference
The little lady Marionette patted the paniers of her pretty brocade dress and remained silent. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly] Reference
'Not here,' remonstrated his brother, looking round on the delicate brocade hangings and furniture. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
When he retired in 1997 it tried to stop him from using his ring name, which means "small brocade.". From Wordnik.com. [A Big Man In Marketing] Reference
A little in front, beneath this window, is a directoire sofa covered with pillows of exquisite brocade. From Wordnik.com. [Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes] Reference
Entire fortunes gobbled up, reinvested in arms sales ... dog shows ... silk brocade and velvet petticoats!. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from The Vicious Circulation of Dr Catastrope] Reference
The two reporters sat down to play a round but quickly lost to an older woman wearing a red brocade jacket. From Wordnik.com. [How to Prevent Fashion's Night Burnout] Reference
Master Day imagined; for something more serious than profits on muslin and brocade was on the anvil of fate. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Madras] Reference
Folding around the latter a robe of rich brocade, they lowered it tenderly into the tomb that nature had wrought. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
But what are French moquettes, brocade, or satin, compared with rosy cheeks, clear complexions, and steady nerves?. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
Only you must imagine these brocade flowers are real red field poppies, and this sofa is a haycock, just at the back of. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
There were swords of state and golden candlesticks, silver basins, brocade dresses, and gloves embroidered with pearls. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Calif's wife, Zobeide, to announce his (Hassan's) death, for which she will obtain 50 gold pieces and a piece of brocade. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
She was watched by an older woman of high birth and lived in the style that she had been born to in the wing of a brocade estate. From Wordnik.com. [SHADOW TREASURES] Reference
And the old lady picked out a scrap of marvelous brocade, with silver-white roses on a wine-colored ground, and smoothed it on her knee. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
Silver blue brocade filled the panels of the walls, grey carpet lay under foot, the furniture was walnut Louis Quinze, graceful in shape. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
"Dear, dear; and we shall have to dine at seven, and keep as we are, I suppose?" with a glance at the stately folds of her brocade dress. From Wordnik.com. [The Village by the River] Reference
Lucretia was dressed in a loose-sleeved camorra of black velvet with a narrow gold border, and a cape of gold brocade trimmed with ermine. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
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