Meanings
nounpassement (plural passements)
plural passements · alternative passment · alternative passament · alternative posament · alternative posement
- Lace, brocade, braid etc., sewed on a garment.
"A gray riding suit, passemeted with silver, russet walking boots, a cut band, a gray hat and plume, black hair"
1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC
Origin
From French. Some of the alternative forms came via German.
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APA
passement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passement
MLA
“passement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passement. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passement.
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