orphrey

[ awr-free ]
/ ˈɔr fri /

noun, plural or·phreys.

an ornamental band or border, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment.
gold embroidery.
rich embroidery of any sort.
a piece of richly embroidered material.
Also or·fray [awr-frey, -free] /ˈɔr freɪ, -fri/.

Origin of orphrey

1300–50; Middle English orfreis (later construed as plural) < Old French < Medieval Latin aurifrisium, variant of aurifrigium, for Latin phrase aurum Phrygium gold embroidery, literally, Phrygian gold

OTHER WORDS FROM orphrey

or·phreyed, adjective

Words nearby orphrey

orphean, orpheus, orpheus and eurydice, orphic, orphism, orphrey, orpiment, orpine, orpington, orr, orra

British Dictionary definitions for orfray (1 of 2)

orfray
/ (ˈɔːfrɪ) /

noun

a less common spelling of orphrey

British Dictionary definitions for orfray (2 of 2)

orphrey

less commonly orfray

/ (ˈɔːfrɪ) /

noun

a richly embroidered band or border, esp on an ecclesiastical vestment

Word Origin for orphrey

C13 orfreis, from Old French, from Late Latin aurifrisium, auriphrygium, from Latin aurum gold + Phrygius Phrygian