Brocade

Definition: heavy, embossed fabric

(Credit: Austria Forum)

Apparently it comes from the same root as “broccoli.”

Why I Looked It Up

From I Don’t Want to Talk About It, when someone talks about a memory from their childhood.

“Yes,” he nods. “All the drapery is closed.”

“Keep going,” I prompt.

“Well more than just drapery. That doesn’t convey it. These huge, heavy brocade things. Masses of it. Billowing all over the place.”