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Definition of "soutache" []

  • A narrow flat braid in a herringbone pattern, used for trimming and embroidery. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "soutache" in a sentence
  • "The coat, estimated to be from the early 1900s and possibly more than 100 years old, was exquisitely crafted of sapphire blue velvet with what looked to be soutache embroidery in a swirling pattern of fern leaves."
  • "I like the soutache-looped causality and microscule hamster-annotations so much better than Ben Trafford."
  • "Then, I'd sew some bright red soutache around the neck, front and back."