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brocatelle
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synonyms: brocade ???
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Definition:1. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.2. A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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also spelled brocatel
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the solicitation of its feather cushions,—a real comfortable, persuasive old chair, and worth, in the way of honest, homely enjoyment, a dozen of your plush or brochetelle drawing-room gentry; Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
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