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Definition of Crewelwork
1. Noun. Embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn.
Definition of Crewelwork
1. n. Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.
Definition of Crewelwork
1. Noun. embroidery made using a crewel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crewelwork
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crewelwork
Literary usage of Crewelwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Development of Embroidery in America by Candace Wheeler (1921)
"CHAPTER HA THE CREWEL- WORK OF OUR PURITAN MOTHERS THE crewelwork of New England
was the first ornamental stitchery practiced in this country by women of ..."
2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1889)
"I think so many of you here,' she said humbly and with hesitation, ' seem to have
got hold of your lives as if they were crewelwork—or marble,' she added ..."
3. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1902)
"... ladies' needle work (crochet, crewelwork, lace, etc.), photography and sketches
of Africans or African scenery, printing, native tools and arms, ..."
4. The City of Pleasure: A Fantasia on Modern Themes by Arnold Bennett (1907)
"At last, she came to a chest of drawers, covered with a piece of white crewelwork,
and bearing some wax flowers, two small vases, a black lacquered box, ..."
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