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Noun
broidery (countable and uncountable, plural broideries)
- (archaic) embroidery
1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens:the golden broidery tender Milkah wove
1834, L E L, chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. , volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 145:The lamp stood on the table, and Carrara leant by the huge tome spread out before him; and opposite sat Beatrice, bending over her broidery—the small head, with its rich knot of gathered hair, so exquisitely placed—the slender figure, so graceful in its attitude.
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