† ˈbrowdster Obs.
[f. browd v. + -ster.]
An embroiderer.
| 1450 etc. [see brawdster]. 1530 Lord Treas. Acc. Jas. V in Chambers Jrnl. (1833) 165 Item given John Young brodistar for stufe and broidering of sixty four pece of Crownis, James, and Thressilis. c 1565 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. 153 (Jam.) Some were..harness-makers, tapesters, broudsters, taylors. |