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Definition of Tatting
1. Noun. Needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle.
2. Noun. The act or art of making handmade lace.
Definition of Tatting
1. n. A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.
Definition of Tatting
1. Noun. A form of looped and knotted lace needlework made from a single thread. ¹
2. Noun. The art of making such lace. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of tat) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tatting
1. delicate handmade lace [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tatting
Literary usage of Tatting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1872)
"Sir," said the President of the tatting Club, smiling through her blue veil, "
so were you, ... The tatting Club retired to the wood-pile to consider. ..."
2. Debates and Proceedings of the Maryland Reform Convention to Revise the by Maryland Constitutional Convention, Maryland (1851)
"... upon them—1 will not stand idly by "And see hold deeds achieved by other's
band«;" but will hereafter endeavor to do my share of the tatting, to inflict ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1870)
"tatting advantage ot this feeling, it would have been easy, as the Commander-in-chief
of the army and ..."
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