broidered, ppl. a.
(ˈbrɔɪdəd)
Forms: see prec.
[f. broider v. + -ed.]
1. Ornamented with needlework; embroidered.
| 1450 etc. [see broider v. 1]. 1562 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 182 Whens come braudered gardis? c 1570 Cambyses in Hazl. Dodsley IV. 175 Now may I wear the brodered guard. 1611 Bible Ezek. xvi. 13 Fine linen & silke, and broidered worke. 1633 G. Herbert Temple, Forerunners iv, Thou wilt soil thy broider'd coat. 1848 Lytton Harold iv. iii, All covered with broidered peacocks. |
2. fig.
| 1616 W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. ii, They priz'd the brodred vale. 1745 T. Warton Pleas. Melanch. 27 Ye broider'd meads, adieu! 1853 Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vi, Spaces of broidered field and blooming mountain. |