Definitions For Orfray

Noun

{{enm-noun, orfrays}} Any elaborate#adjective, elaborate embroidery, especially when made of gold thread#noun, thread. A piece of fabric) adorned with such embroidery. Fine embroidered decoration, especially a border or fringe composed of such embroidery.

Descendants

{{desc, en, orphrey}}, orfrey, orphray

References

{{R:MED Online, entry=orfrei, pos=n, id=MED30869, accessdate=2019-09-15}}

Etymology

From {{bor, enm, frm, orfrais}}, orfreis, orfrois, and other forms, from {{der, enm, LL., aurifrasium}}, aurifrisium, and other forms, from {{der, enm, la, aurum Phrygium, t=gold embroidery, lit=Phrygian gold}}. In Middle English, the final -s was often reinterpreted as a plural ending.

Anagrams

forray

Middle English

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, orfrei, orefreys, orfreis, orfreys, orfrays, orphray, offrey, orfrey, orfree, orffray}}