gold braid
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5.3
- noun
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trenza dorada
- The men wear baggy jackets with ridiculous gold braid epaulets.
Mum, I won the uniform with all the gold braids.
- Mum, I won the uniform with all the gold braids.
Examples
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He wears a Garvey hat, ornate with gold braid.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her hair was threaded with gold braid.
Fiction book (1995) -
With uniforms too With a shiny gold braid on the coat
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I can't change myself because you wear a funny long dress with gold braid on it.
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Eight lackeys in bright red uniforms and gold braid.
Blog text (12) -
The doorman, the God of Weather and Transportation, an immense white-speckled figure in gold braid, nodded.
Academic text (1991) -
This appealing child stands before a crimson curtain edged with heavy gold braid and arranged in mannered folds.
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She is tugging with drunken ostentation on the gold braid of her bandleader's jacket.
Fiction book (2001) -
Other officers, such as the Mayor de Plaza (Chief of Ceremonies), wore long military coats, starched shirts, flamboyant double-peaked hats, gold braid, swords on the belt, etc.
Academic text (1993) -
The officer's uniform was elegantly adorned with gold braid that gleamed in the sunlight.
Synonyms
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1.0
A long narrow strip of fabric used for tying, decorating, or carrying ink in machines
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2.8
A narrow decorative band made from twisted threads or ribbon used on clothes
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3.9
A decorative strip made by weaving threads to decorate clothes, curtains, or furniture
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a decorative cord made of or colored like gold' is directly derivable from combining 'gold' (gold-made or gold-colored) with 'braid' (an ornamental cord). This straightforward adjective+noun composition is a common, compositional pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The noun gold braid comes from making thin threads of gold or gold-colour and making a braid, a small cord like braided hair, to trim clothing and curtains. That's why gold braid now means a shiny 'decorative cord' used to edge uniforms and fancy fabrics.