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Embellish by sewing in lines crossing each other diagonally, as of a garment
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smocking
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Smocking is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Before elastic , smocking was commonly used in cuffs , bodices , and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable. Smocking developed in England and has been practised ...
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n. An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place. vb. (present participle of smock English)
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n. embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches
Usage examples of smocking.
Nancy pauses and brings up the piece of smocking she's doing and bites off an end of cotton.
The delicate smocking over the midriff extending in a funnel shape down into a gored skirt flaring nearly to the floor.