Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BROID'ER, v.t. [Fr. broder; Sp. and Port. bordar, to embroider; Arm. brouda, to prick; D. borduuren, to embroider; W. brodiaw, to make compact, to darn, to embroider; brwyd, a broach, an embroidering frame. Qu. Heb. and Ar. ברד brad, spotted.]

To adorn with figures of needle work. A robe, a broidered coat, and a girdle. – Exod.