— orphreyed , adj.
/awr"free/ , n. , pl. orphreys .
1. an ornamental band or border, esp. on an ecclesiastical vestment.
2. gold embroidery.
3. rich embroidery of any sort.
4. a piece of richly embroidered material.
[ 1300-50; ME orfreis (later construed as pl.) aurifrisium, var. of AURIFRIGIUM, for L phrase aurum Phrygium gold embroidery, lit., Phrygian gold ]