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GOLD BRAID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gold braid mean?
• GOLD BRAID (noun)
The noun GOLD BRAID has 1 sense:
1. trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains
Familiarity information: GOLD BRAID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("gold braid" is a kind of...):
passementerie; trim; trimming (a decoration or adornment on a garment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gold braid"):
aglet; aiglet; aiguilette (ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform)
soutache (a narrow braid used as a decorative trimming)
Context examples
Before the gates were three young girls, dressed in handsome red uniforms trimmed with gold braid; and as Dorothy approached, one of them said to her: Why have you come to the South Country?
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
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