PREFERRED TERM
Braid
DEFINITION
- n. From the Old English "brægd" "brǽd" and the Middle English "breid" "braid". It is a narrow flat, round or tubular band fabric made with threads of silk, wool, cotton, gold or silver. It is used for trimming or binding articles of dress.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
- Festoon
- Stripped trimming
- thesaurus:240 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)
- wd:Q2844972 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)
ENTRY TERMS
- galloon
- galon
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989; [www.oed.com]; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Galon
French
Gallone
Italian
passamano
spighettoni
Galón
Spanish
alfardilla
esterilla
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/230
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