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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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of soutache1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of soutache1

C19: from French, from Hungarian sujtas

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Example Sentences

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.

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

There are several kinds of braid, but the easiest to use is soutache, whether it is cotton or silk.

The inner border round the oval medallion is worked in gold braid, and the outer one in blue soutache.

The outer border of the work is composed of a piece of black soutache, edged with a tiny trefoil pattern in cerise silk.

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