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passement

[ pas-muhnt ]

noun

  1. a garment trimming of gold, silver, linen, or silk thread.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of passement1

1530–40; < French, for passeman < Spanish pasamano railing (so called because one passes one's hand along it in going up and down stairs), hence edging for clothes. See pass, manual

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