Definition of Soutache

1. Noun. A narrow braid used as a decorative trimming.

Generic synonyms: Braid, Braiding, Gold Braid

Definition of Soutache

1. n. A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.

Definition of Soutache

1. Noun. A narrow braid often decorated with a herringbone pattern ¹

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Definition of Soutache

1. a flat, narrow braid [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soutache

sous-chefs
sous-vide
sousaphone
sousaphones
sousaphonist
sousaphonists
soused
souses
sousing
sousings
souslik
sousliks
sousveillance
sout
soutache (current term)
soutaches
soutage
soutane
soutanes
soutar
soutars
souteneurs
souter
souterly
souterrain
souterrains
souters
south

Literary usage of Soutache

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Household Elegancies: Suggestions in Household Art and Tasteful Home Decorations by C S Jones, Henry T. Williams (1877)
"Use gray linen, five yards of red worsted braid, one and one-fifth inches wide ; four yards of red worsted soutache, three-fifths of an inch wide; ..."

2. Young Englishwoman: A Volume of Pure Literature, New Fashions, and Pretty (1867)
"... soutache, black » ailk. This simple smoking cap, entirely of black materials, wu great favour with elderly genii The crown is m» quilted glacé ..."

3. The Academic French Course: In Accordance with the Latest Grammatical Rules by Antoine Muzzarelli (1894)
"1 1 soutache (f.), braid. 12 fantaisie (f.), fancy. ls tippet. uy compris, including. « a kind of brimmed bat. 16 bavolet (m. ..."

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