broider

[ broi-der ]

/ ˈbrɔɪ dər /

to embroider.

Origin of broider

1400–50; late Middle English, variant of browder, Middle English broide(n), browde(n) (past participle, taken as infinitive of braid) + -er⁶

broi·der·er, noun broi·der·y, noun

broga, brogan, broglie, brogrammer, brogue, broider, broil, broiler, broiler house, brokage, broke

Fair hands, used only to the lute and broidery frame, unsheathed the dagger and made bare the breast.

Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works |Edward Baxter Perry
Brynhild in her bower was occupied in broidery: she had people and lands around her.

The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson |Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
The Prioress and a Novice are sitting in a window-seat engaged in broidery work.

Collected Poems |Alfred Noyes
Common ideas of necessity form the groundwork for the broidery of our advanced thought.

A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson |Edouard le Roy

Namely, thou shalt not put me off with red silk to my broidery when I would have blue.

The White Lady of Hazelwood |Emily Sarah Holt

broider

/ (ˈbrɔɪdə) /

(tr) an archaic word for embroider

C15: from Old French brosder, of Germanic origin; see embroider