re-embroiderv.
/ˌriːᵻmˈbrɔɪdə/, /ˌriːɛmˈbrɔɪdə/, U.S. /ˌriəmˈbrɔɪdər/, /ˌriɛmˈbrɔɪdər/ transitive. To embroider again; to embellish with additional embroidery. Also occasionally intransitive. Also figurative. Cf. embroider v.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > embroider or ornament with sewing > in other ways
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1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed xi. 744 So doth he also see and know all wayes and means by which these scattered parts should be united, by which this ruined fabrick should be recomposed.., how every sinew may be reimbroydered on it.
1823 Morning Chron. 3 Dec. 2/5 Many of the beautiful banners used in its splendid processions..have been re-embroidered by the delicate hands of those Duchesses and Marchionesses.
1859 H. W. Beecher New Star Pagers 276 There is in youth a beauty and purity of character..; a fringe more delicate than frost-work, and which, when torn and broken, will never be reëmbroidered.
1927 Daily Express 8 Apr. 5 The gown is of ivory silk lace, re-embroidered with small china beads.
1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 235 Re-embroidered: This is a lace with an all-over motif outlined and emphasised by re-embroidering either with silk thread, ribbon, braid or metallic yarns.
1999 E. R. Shapiro Rok in M. Agosin House of Memory iii. 235 Father laughed and said my grandparents were either misremembering the story or deliberately re-embroidering it.
2005 Independent 9 July 38/4 The blouses were smothered with sparkling bugle beads and re-embroidered with flowers.
Derivatives
re-emˈbroidered adj.
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1959 Times 31 July 8/4 There were satins, Chinese brocades sabre cut, velvet and re-embroidered lace for evening.
1989 Guardian (BNC) 8 Dec. A full organza dress decorated with ivory re-embroidered lace.
2008 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 14 Jan. (Living) 3 A princess-style gown of gold re-embroidered Alencon lace.
re-emˈbroidering n.
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1927 Daily Express 8 Apr. 5 Interesting example of the re-embroidering vogue. In this case an embroidery of coloured taffeta and bugle beads was applied to black Spanish lace.
1995 Newsday (Nexis) 10 Aug. b20 If the dress has more detailing, like re-embroidering, then it can be worn on more formal occasions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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