broider

American  

[broi-der] / ˈbrɔɪ dər /

verb (used with object)

1. to embroider.

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broider British  

/ ˈbrɔɪdə /

verb

1. (tr) an archaic word for embroider

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Other Word Forms

• broiderer noun
• broidery noun

Etymology

Origin of broider

1400–50; late Middle English, variant of browder, Middle English broide ( n ), browde ( n ) (past participle, taken as infinitive of braid ( def. ) ) + -er ⁶

Example Sentences

I will broider a bodice—the most beautiful; and you shall give it.

From Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Diver, Maud

Oh! wise Penelope Would ne'er have stayed to broider on her hearthstone, If her Ulysses could have writ such letters!

From Cyrano De Bergerac by Guillemard, Mary F.

The young queen took up a piece of tapestry, and began to broider with an affectation of tranquillity her trembling fingers contradicted.

From Louise de la Valliere by Dumas père, Alexandre

The notion that flowers broider or ornament the ground is common in poetry: comp.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

“But I am sure the woman who can broider like this, is clever enough to make a row of harebells and ferns!”

From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Holt, Emily Sarah