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Definition of Smocking
1. Noun. Embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches.
Definition of Smocking
1. Noun. An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of smock) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smocking
1. a type of embroidery [n -S] - See also: embroidery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smocking
Literary usage of Smocking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"smocking, showing material after stitching is com- gradually descending pleted
and gathering thread removed. Jine above the needle, reverse the thread again ..."
2. Household Sewing with Home Dressmaking by Bertha Banner (1898)
"smocking is prepared in exactly the same way as honeycombing, ... smocking stitches
in themselves are very simple, although they are often worked into ..."
3. Dressmaking by Jane Fales (1917)
"(27) smocking. (a) Use.—smocking is a decorative method of arranging fulness in
garments. It is used to form yokes in waists and skirts, to form cuffs, ..."
4. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1903)
"S. THE REVIVAL OF smocking. smocking is an attractive embellishment that has not
been used to any extent for a number of years. ..."
5. A Manual of Home-making by Martha Van Rensselaer, Flora Rose, Helen Canon (1919)
"smocking. Several rows of smocking may be used around the neck, or the smocking
may be made in groups. The garment may be finished at the neck as for ..."
6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"smocking. How can I do smocking? Mrs. K. Banning. 11. Ladies' HJ 28: 106. O. '11.
Dust! soot and smoke. J: В. С. Kershaw. 11. Gassier. 39: 251-7. Ja. '11. ..."
7. The New Century Home Book: A Mentor for Home Life in All Its Phases; a by Frank A. DePuy (1900)
""smocking is beautiful handwork for yokes on children's frocks, blouses, ...
smocking consists of laying small plaits by careful measurement, ..."
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