单词 | brick couching |
释义 | brick couchingn. Embroidery. A type of couching in which threads or cords are laid horizontally and secured by vertical stitches in an arrangement resembling bonded brickwork. Cf. couch v.1 4b. 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 > done in specific stitches > couching > specific brick stitch1842 brick couching1881 brick1882 spider couching1882 Vandyke couching1882 bricking1899 surface couching1927 underside-couching1936 1881 Harper's Bazaar 17 Sept. 593/1 The couching at the middle of the design is in red silk, and the brick couching on each side in similar silk crossed with fine gold silk. 1917 D. Fales Dressmaking iii. x. 368 Brick couching is used chiefly for covering surfaces. 2006 M. Harper & K. Thompson in F. Lennard & M. Hayward Tapestry Conservation xxvi. 195/2 Weak areas of silk were supported using evenly spaced brick couching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1881 |
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