gold braid

collocation in English

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gold
noun
uk
/ɡəʊld/us
/ɡoʊld/
a chemical element that is a valuable, shiny, yellow metal used to make coins ...
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braid
noun
uk
/breɪd/us
/breɪd/
a thin strip of cloth or twisted threads that is attached to clothes, uniforms, or other things made of cloth, as ...
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(Definition ofgoldandbraidfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgold braid

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The service dress tunic also features a wide strip ofgoldbraidaround the cuff.
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These included plain uniforms withoutgoldbraidfor office wear, plus white knee breeches and stocking for court functions when royalty were present.
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The rank's insignia usually consists of two mediumgoldbraidstripes and often the uppermost stripe features a loop or executive curl.
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Generals wear an inner piping ofgoldbraid; other officers wear silver piping.
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Today, passementerie is used with clothing, such as thegoldbraidon military dress uniforms, and for decorating couture clothing and wedding gowns.
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Thoughgoldbraidmay sound expensive, it does not turn out so in practice.
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One sees all the girls and young men in uniform with theirgoldbraid.
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Several radio commentators said that it is disgraceful that so muchgoldbraidwas about.
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Why is it necessary to have expensivegoldbraidinstead of cord?
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It is difficult to imagine that a pip orgoldbraidwill make a man a gentleman.
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They would make a very fine circus, with their red tabs andgoldbraid.
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I cannot believe that in this day and age the quality or otherwise ofgoldbraidwould deeply concern the average consumer.
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Now they have gone back to thegoldbraidand everything else that everyone so much enjoys.
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If people travel by steamship they are met by somebody ingoldbraid, who escorts them and generally looks after them until they get their cabins.
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My experience of the merchant service is that the navigational ability of a master is almost invariably in inverse ratio to the amount ofgoldbraidand top brass.
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This is a comic-opera military uniform festooned withgoldbraid, ribbons and medals.
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Tecopa usually wore a bright red band suit withgoldbraidand a silk top hat.
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Officers' kepis might have black orgoldbraidto display their rank.
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On their heads they wore a hat made of felt, with three points, withgoldbraidhemmed at its edge and a red cockade.
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Battledress khaki andgoldbraidwere appliqued onto the panels.
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