soutache

American  

[soo-tash, soo-tash] / suˈtæʃ, suˈtaʃ /

noun

1. a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.

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soutache British  

/ suːˈtæʃ /

noun

1. a narrow braid used as a decorative trimming

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Etymology

Origin of soutache

1855–60; < French: braid of a hussar's shako < Hungarian sujtás flat braid for trimming

Example Sentences

Released in 1979, this City Sophisticate outfit had a faux-fur-trimmed coat and skirt accented by a yellow soutache braid.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2019

And so you will wear that soutache embroidery and like it.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2018

"For a popular-price line, Mawruss, them new capes has got enough buttons and soutache on to 'em to sell for twenty dollars already instead of twelve-fifty."

From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Glass, Montague

Materials: Crimson velvet; white satin beads; gold soutache; and fine gold bouillon.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

She held a familiar garment in her hand, and in the dim light of Feinholz's private office the buttons and soutache with which the cape was adorned sparkled like burnished gold.

From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Glass, Montague