Results for embroidery

Definitions of embroidery:

part of speech: noun

Ornamental needle- work; the art of embroidering; the productions of embroidery.

part of speech: noun

Ornamental work of gold, silver, silk, etc., done with the needle.

Usage examples for embroidery:

• Mrs. Tabor was sitting over a piece of embroidery by the window. "The Professor's Mystery", Wells Hastings Brian Hooker

• He was long remembered for his taste for gorgeous display; of all the East- Roman emperors he seems to have delighted the most in gold and silver work, gems and embroidery "The Byzantine Empire", Charles William Chadwick Oman

• Yes, it must have been so, for see here, lying on the floor, is the embroidery as it fell from thy unconscious hands, and with that labour ceased thy happiness in this life. "The Phantom Ship", Captain Frederick Marryat

• That canvas presents a triumph of patience and pains, produced exactly as a piece of embroidery is produced, all in little separate bits, worked with the same mechanically complete care. "The Black Robe", Wilkie Collins