smocking
smocked needlework.
embroidery stitches used to hold gathered cloth in even folds.
Origin of smocking
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How to use smocking in a sentence
I walked down the gangway and there was the same old rogue of a porter in his blue smocking.
Fanny Goes to War | Pat BeauchampA tiny pocket on the right hand side has also a little smocking at the base to correspond.
Needlework Economies | VariousAt the top the apron is narrowed by means of three groups of honeycomb or diamond smocking, terminating in points.
Needlework Economies | VariousStamped patterns can be had for smocking but they are not at all necessary.
The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft | Effie Archer ArcherThe simplest form of smocking is the honeycomb or diamond (Figure 106).
The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft | Effie Archer Archer
British Dictionary definitions for smocking
/ (ˈsmɒkɪŋ) /
ornamental needlework used to gather and stitch material in a honeycomb pattern so that the part below the gathers hangs in even folds
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