Cutwork – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cutwork
n.
embroidery on linen in which a design is outlined in buttonhole stitch and the enclosed material cut away
Cutwork
Cutwork or
cut work, also known as
Punto Tagliato in Italian, is a
needlework technique in which portions of a
textile, typically cotton or linen, are cut away and the resulting "hole" is reinforced and filled with
embroidery or
needle lace.
cutwork
Noun
1. embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away
(hypernym) embroidery, fancywork
Cutwork
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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