tattingn.1
/ˈtatɪŋ/ 1. A kind of knotted lace, netted with a small flat shuttle-shaped instrument from stout sewing-thread; used for edging or trimming, and sometimes for doyleys, parasol covers, etc. (called in French frivolité, German frivolitäten).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [noun] > knot-work
knotting1697
knit-knot1703
sugar-plum1750
tatting1842
knotwork1882
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of ornamental textiles or trimmings > [noun] > knotting or tatting
knotting1697
tatting1842
macramé1865
medieval guipure1882
1842 J. Gaugain Lady's Assistant II. 411 Common Tatting Edging.
1895 Times 2 Jan. 13/2 Orders for cotton embroidery edgings, trimmings, and tattings have been disappointing.
1901 C. Morris Life on Stage 46 [Around 1863] everybody wore tatting, and almost everybody made it.
2. The action or process of making this.
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1864 Sat. Rev. 22 May It retires to talk scandal over her tatting with any fashionable old maid with whom the party may be tormented.
1865 Reader 28 Oct. 479/3 In 1851 the Census showed a return of 902 pupils in the various arts of crochet laces, point lace.., pillow lace,..plain sewing, knitting and tatting.
Compounds
attributive, as tatting-cotton, tatting-edging, tatting-net, tatting-shuttle, tatting-stitch, tatting-work.Tatting-shuttles exist which are said to have been used before 1820.
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1842 J. Gaugain Lady's Assistant II. 411 Common Tatting Edging.
1842 J. Gaugain Lady's Assistant II. 412 If the Tatting has not been properly worked, this scollop will not draw. All Tatting stitches must be formed with the loop round the fingers.
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tatting-shuttle, a small shuttle used in tatting.
1901 C. Morris Life on Stage 46 The ‘tatting’ craze was sweeping over the country [U.S.A.] then [sc. c1863].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
tattingn.2
/ˈtatɪŋ/ Rag- or scrap-collecting (see also quot. 1926). Cf. totting n.3
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > rag-collecting or dust-heap picking
rag-picking1782
totting1910
tatting1926
1926 Glasgow Herald 14 Dec. 10/7 The word ‘tatting’..appears..to mean the annexation by dustmen..of stray articles of small value found in dustbins.
1969 Listener 6 Feb. 169/2 Now,..scrap-collecting and dealing are the biggest stand-by, with ‘tatting’ (rag-collecting), [etc.].
1977 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! III. 52 Tattin', going round collecting scrap, as a scrap-merchant does.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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