Soutache: alternatives and connections

A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.

A fine cord or narrow braid.

of Braid

A braid.

To braid.

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving…

A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.

To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks…

To braid up, as hair.

To braid.

A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.

A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.

An ideal personification of the typical Russian or of the Russian people; -- used as "John Bull" is used for the typical Englishman.