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passementerie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun passementerie has 1 sense
- passementerie(n = noun.artifact) trim, trimming - a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt" is a kind of adornment
has particulars: braid, braiding, gold braid, miniver, rickrack, ricrac
CIDE DICTIONARY
passementerie, n. [F.].
Trimmings, esp. of braids, cords, gimps, beads, or tinsel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
passementerie, n. a trimming of gold or silver lace, braid, beads, etc.
Etymology
F f. passement gold lace etc. f. passer PASS(1)
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