A type of brocade fabric or a brocaded textile; ornamental fabric with raised patterns, often featuring gold or silver threads.
From Spanish or Portuguese 'embrocado,' derived from 'brocado' (brocade). Brocade itself comes from Italian 'broccato,' from 'brocco' (a spike or knob), referencing the raised patterns.
Brocade fabrics were so expensive in medieval Europe that they were literally worth their weight in gold—the metallic threads were real gold wrapped around silk cores, making a single garment a treasure.
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