passementerie
English
editEtymology
editFrom French passement (“decorative lace”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpassementerie (countable and uncountable, plural passementeries)
- A decorative piece of lace or other cloth on clothes.
- 1919. Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5
- Mrs Hurstpierpoint bent thoughtfully her eyes to the somewhat "phallic" passementerie upon her shawl.
- 1919. Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5
- Trimmings consisting of braids, cords, beads, tinsel, etc.
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpassementerie f (plural passementeries)
Further reading
edit- “passementerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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