Orphrey

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orphrey \Or"phrey\, n. [See {Orfrays}.]
     A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed
     to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. --Pugin.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  orphrey
       n : a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment