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brocade

/broʊˈkeɪd/ noun C2
  1. A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns. (countable, uncountable)
  2. An item decorated with brocade. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena (countable, uncountable)
  4. A decorative pattern. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)

Plural brocades

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The walls, hung not with gold and silver brocade tapestry, but with a dainty apple-blossom paper, were adorned with a few good pictures given Anne by Mrs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 275 · C1

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