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soutache
[ soo-tash; French soo-tash ]
noun
- a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
soutache
/ suːˈtæʃ /
noun
- a narrow braid used as a decorative trimming
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Word History and Origins
Origin of soutache1
1855–60; < French: braid of a hussar's shako < Hungarian sujtás flat braid for trimming
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Word History and Origins
Origin of soutache1
C19: from French, from Hungarian sujtas
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Example Sentences
So far as they are concerned the soutache could be crimson and the yoke green, and if the price was right they'd buy it anyhow.
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Indeed, I devoted the sole article the Yankees let fall from my two workboxes—a bunch of soutache—to the work.
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There are several kinds of braid, but the easiest to use is soutache, whether it is cotton or silk.
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The inner border round the oval medallion is worked in gold braid, and the outer one in blue soutache.
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The outer border of the work is composed of a piece of black soutache, edged with a tiny trefoil pattern in cerise silk.
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