passement

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

French. Some of the alternative forms came via German.

Noun

passement (plural passements)

  1. Lace, brocade, braid etc., sewed on a garment.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

References
  • passement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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