brocatel

or broc·a·telle

[ brok-uh-tel, broh-kuh- ]

noun

1. a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
2. an ornamental marble with variegated coloring, found especially in Italy and Spain.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brocatel¹

1660–70; < French brocatelle, late Middle French brocatel < Italian broccatello, equivalent to broccat ( o ) ( brocade ) + -ello diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

He was arrayed in brown velvet broidered with brocatel.

From Project Gutenberg

Anything that will induce love of the beautiful, and remove from us the possibility of a return to the horrors of hair-cloth and brocatel and crochet tidies, will be a stride in the right direction.

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Closer pressed the pallid face against the glass; firmer grew the grasp of the icy fingers on the brocatel; she had no strength to meet him.

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"Madame will receive Monsieur," and he led Frederick through a second anteroom, and then into a large drawing-room hung with yellow brocatel with twisted fringes at the corners which were joined at the ceiling, and which seemed to be continued by flowerings of lustre resembling cables.

From Project Gutenberg

Raising the silk curtain that divided this apartment from the parlours, Regina walked slowly up and down upon the velvet carpet in which her feet seemed to sink, as on a bed of moss; and her eyes wandered admiringly over the gilded stands, gleaming bronzes, marble statuettes, papier maché, ormolu, silk, lace, brocatel, moquette, satin and silver which attracted her gaze.

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