Cutwork

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cutwork \Cut"work`\ (k[u^]t"w[^u]rk`), n. (Fine Arts)
     An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest
     form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the
     like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cutwork
       n : embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole
           stitch and the intervening material is cut away