CUTWORK

cutwork

(noun) embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cutwork (countable and uncountable, plural cutworks)

A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away

Source: Wiktionary


Cut"work` (kt"wrk`), n. (Fine Arts)

Definition: An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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