单词 | embroidery |
释义 | embroideryn. 1. The art of ornamenting cloth and other fabrics with figures of needlework; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing broidery1382 embroidery1393 braidingc1440 broideringa1450 surfling1490 stitching1521 surfle?1533 tracing1549 acupiction1663 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 11 Of weving or of embrouderie. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 10. ¶6. Their more serious Occupations are Sowing and Embroidery. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 286 The ancient feminine occupation of embroidery. 2. concrete. Embroidered work or material. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing broidery1382 browdingc1386 broideringa1450 broudur1470 bruserya1522 prickinga1527 orphany?1553 embroidery?1577 brede1644 braiding1831 stitch-work1848 Madras work1865 Madeira lace1882 Madeira work1882 paraffle1911 ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Aviv With silke and golde, and with imbroderie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 70 Saphire-pearle, and rich embroiderie . View more context for this quotation 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 104 To whom..solid work [shines not] as false embroyderies. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 94 A waistcoat with Imbrauthery. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria (Plan) sig. b3 Flowers..Embroyderies, Carvings. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Sept. (1837) I. 275 Window curtains..almost covered with..embroidery. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 7 They even sell their embroidery, their lace, and their clothes. 3. a. figurative with notion of ‘elaborate or showy ornament’, ‘adventitious adornment’, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > adventitious incrustation1607 embroidery1640 clinquant1711 frill1893 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour Pref. Verses Thats but imbrodry of Fame. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 473 A Liberal man..puts embroideries on Religion by the chearfulness of his Spirit. 1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 224 Their liturgy was..a species of mass, tho' with some less show and embroidery. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 234 All the embroidery of poetic dreams. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xvi. 306 An embroidery of playful humour. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 112 Rather more embroidery of courtesy than belongs to an Englishman. b. Music. Ornamentation either contrapuntal or through variation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun] relish1561 ornament1664 agrément1789 embroidery1875 noodle1926 1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ix. 49 Brilliant passages..form an embroidery thereon. 4. transferred. Applied to other kinds of ornament or marking compared in appearance to needlework, esp. (in poetical or elevated language) to the natural adornment of the ground by flowers. †In 17th cent. used technically in landscape gardening. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > adornment by flowers embroidery1644 1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 79 The parterres of excellent embroidery. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 150 Those Melons which are full of Embrodery and Characters. a1667 A. Cowley On Poverty in Wks. (1711) III. 58 Daisies..their Embroidery bring. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ii. 94 And it was garnished with an embroidery of daisies and wild flowers. 5. A place of embroidering; an embroidery manufactory.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1808) VIII. 275 From the embroideries of Babylon or from the loom of the Gobelins. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1695 London Gaz. No. 3118/4 All sorts of Gardens..in Embroidery work in Grass or Gravil. 1841 Lady Wilton Art of Needlework xxiv. 392 The Empress Josephine..exercised..her needle and embroidery-frame, with beautiful address. 1880 L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery i. 1 ‘Embroidery needles’ for ordinary crewel handwork. 1880 L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery v. 59 We give a recipe for embroidery paste. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 197/1 Embroidery needles..for canvas work..are short, thick, and blunt, and the eye is wide and long. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 197/1 Embroidery paste is used for two purposes in needlework: one to make two materials adhere together, the other to strengthen and stiffen Embroidery at the back. 1883 ‘Ouida’ Wanda I. 80 She sat down to her embroidery frame. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 90/3 Embroidery cotton on spools. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 126/3 Embroidery Hoops, 4, 5, and 6 inches in diameter. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 448/3 Embroidery Scissors, polished laid steel. 1899 Daily News 28 June 8/4 A gigantic embroidery-like cloth of gold. 1909 English-woman Apr. 232 The lace-making and embroidery industry. 1909 Embroidery V. 119/1 Amongst the many existing varieties of embroidery stitches some of the prettiest and most attractive are those which bring to mind, more or less directly, natural forms and growth. 1909 Embroidery V. 124/1 That book decorations were frequent sources for embroidery designs is beyond doubt. 1938 A. G. I. Christie Eng. Medieval Embroidery 18 With the solitary exception of St. Dunstan..no name of an English medieval embroidery designer has yet been found. 1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iv. 99 The invention of sewing and embroidery machines during the Victorian era had its effect mainly on dress and furnishings. 1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iv. 115 Other articles which give great scope to the embroidery designer are kneelers, banners and dossal hangings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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