soutache

[ soo-tash; French soo-tash ]

noun

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

soutache

/ suːˈtæʃ /

noun

1. a narrow braid used as a decorative trimming

Word History and Origins

Origin of soutache¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of soutache¹

C19: from French, from Hungarian sujtas

Example Sentences

The gold-cord soutache embroidery that, at first glance, gave tuxedos, track suits and jumpsuits a bold, bandleader feel created skeleton-like outlines on their wearers.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Washington Post

In a Virginia courthouse, such desperation was laid bare in the form of  glazed linen and soutache embroidery.

From Washington Post

"So far as they are concerned the soutache could be crimson and the yoke green, and if the price was right they'd buy it anyhow."

From Project Gutenberg

Indeed, I devoted the sole article the Yankees let fall from my two workboxes—a bunch of soutache—to the work.

From Project Gutenberg