A fabric woven with elevated patterns or designs that create a textured, embossed surface.
From French 'broche,' derived from 'brocher' meaning to embroider or work with a needle, ultimately from a root meaning to pierce or prick.
Brocade and broche are cousins in fabric families, but broche is actually woven to create the pattern rather than embroidered afterward—it's the difference between baking a pattern into bread versus painting it on afterward, and the woven version lasts forever while embroidery can wear off.
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