Broiders

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who create decorative designs on fabric by sewing patterns with needle and thread ; persons engaged in the craft of ornamenting textiles by stitching elaborate motifs and embellishments ; people who practice the art of enhancing cloth surfaces with intricate needlework and embroidered decorations
2. Those who decorate cloth using threads to form artistic patterns by hand or machine ; those skilled in applying ornamental stitching to fabrics for aesthetic purposes ; artisans who produce detailed surface designs on textiles by sewing colorful threads
3. Craftsmen or hobbyists who embellish fabric surfaces using needle and thread to produce decorative images or patterns ; individuals executing needlework to adorn garments or linens with decorative stitching ; practitioners of the textile art involving the creation of ornamental designs through intricate sewing techniques

Etymology: "Broiders" is the third-person singular present form of "broider," a variant of "embroider," so its history is the history of that verb. "Broider" and "embroider" share the same root, and the shorter form survives mainly in older or literary English. Here the noun sense, people who embroider, is simply the plural of the verb's agent form, so it adds no separate history of its own.

Synonyms: embroiderers