orphrey

A band of elaborate embroidery decorating the front of certain ecclesiastical vestments.

Elaborate embroidery, especially when made of gold.

A kind of embroidery in gold. See orphrey-work.

An ornamental band or border on certain ecclesiastical vestments, especially chasubles and copes, usually done in orphrey-work. The apparel of the amice, if done in orphrey-work, is sometimes called the orphrey of the amice. See amice, 2, chasuble, and cope, 2.

A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics.

a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment