Archaic past participle meaning covered or decorated with embroidery; clothed in embroidered garments.
From 'em-' plus 'browd' or 'broid' (archaic form of 'braid' or 'embroider'). This extremely rare form appears in Middle English texts but was superseded by 'embroidered.'
Finding 'embrowd' in old texts is like linguistic archaeology—it shows us how embroidery-related words changed shape and were eventually standardized into the forms we use today.
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