embroidery
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English
Etymology
From Middle French embrouderie, from embrouder + -erie.
Pronunciation
Noun
embroidery (countable and uncountable, plural embroideries)
- The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
- A piece of embroidered fabric.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
- The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.
Derived terms
Translations
ornamentation
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fabric
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elaboration of an account with details
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