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embroidery|ɛmˈbrɔɪdərɪ|
Forms: 4 enbrouderie, 6–7 embroyderie, -broiderie, 7– embroidery. Also 6 imbroderie, 7 imbrodry, imbrauthery, imbroidery.
[ME. embrouderie, f. OF. embroder embrowd v.: see -ry; cf. embroider and broidery.]
1. The art of ornamenting cloth and other fabrics with figures of needlework; also attrib.
1393Gower Conf. II. 11 Of weving or of embrouderie. 17..Addison in Spect., Their more serious occupations are sewing and embroidery. 1872Yeats Techn. Hist. Comm. 286 The ancient feminine occupation of embroidery.
2. concr. Embroidered work or material.
c1570Thynne Pride & Lowl. (1841) 12 With silke, and golde, and with imbroderie. 1598Shakes. Merry W. v. v. 75 Saphire, pearle, and rich embroiderie. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Vanitie, To whom..solid work [shines not] as false embroyderies. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 94 A waistcoat with Imbrauthery. 1699Evelyn Acetaria Plan, Flowers..Embroyderies, Carvings. 1716Lady M. W. Montague Lett. I. vii. 22 Window-curtains..almost covered with Embroidery. 1836W. Irving Astoria I. 7 They even sell their embroidery, their lace, and their clothes.
3. a. fig. with notion of ‘elaborate or showy ornament’, ‘adventitious adornment’, etc.
1640Yorke Union Hon. Pref. Verses, Thats but imbrodry of Fame. 1675Traherne Chr. Ethics xxx. 473 A liberal man..puts embroideries on religion by the chearfulness of his spirit. 1762Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) IV. liii. 124 Their liturgy was..a species of mass, though with some less shew and embroidery. 1781Cowper Expost. 234 All the embroidery of poetic dreams. 1848H. Miller First Impr. xvi. (1857) 277 An embroidery of playful humour. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 112 Rather more embroidery of courtesy than belongs to an Englishman.
b. Mus. Ornamentation either contrapuntal or through variation.
1875Ouseley Mus. Form ix. 49 Brilliant passages..form an embroidery thereon.
4. transf. Applied to other kinds of ornament or marking compared in appearance to needlework, esp. (in poetical or elevated language) to the natural adornment of the ground by flowers. † In 17th c. used techn. in landscape gardening.
1644Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 79 The parterres of excellent embroidery. 1672― French Gardiner ii. §1 (1675) 150 Those Melons which are full of Embroidery and Characters. a1667Cowley Poverty Wks. (1711) III. 58 Daisies..their Embroidery bring. 1820Scott Monast. ii, And it was garnished with an embroidery of daisies and wild flowers.
¶5. nonce-use. A place of embroidering; an embroidery manufactory.
1796Burke Regic. Peace Wks. VIII. 275 From the embroideries of Babylon or from the loom of the Gobelins.
6. attrib. and Comb.
1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3118/4 All sorts of Gardens..in Embroidery work in Grass or Gravil. 1841Lady Wilton Art Needlework xxiv. 392 The Empress Josephine..exercised..her needle and embroidery-frame, with beautiful address. 1880L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery i. 1 ‘Embroidery needles’ for ordinary crewel handwork. Ibid. v. 59 We give a recipe for embroidery paste. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 197/1 Embroidery needles..for canvas work..are short, thick, and blunt, and the eye is wide and long. Ibid., Embroidery paste is used for two purposes in needlework: one to make two materials adhere together, the other to strengthen and stiffen Embroidery at the back. 1883Ouida Wanda I. 80 She sat down to her embroidery frame. 1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 90/3 Embroidery cotton on spools. Ibid. 126/3 Embroidery Hoops, 4, 5, and 6 inches in diameter. Ibid. 448/3 Embroidery Scissors, polished laid steel. 1899Daily News 28 June 8/4 A gigantic embroidery-like cloth of gold. 1909English-woman Apr. 232 The lace-making and embroidery industry. 1909Embroidery V. 119/1 Amongst the many existing varieties of embroidery stitches some of the prettiest and most attractive are those which bring to mind, more or less directly, natural forms and growth. Ibid. 124/1 That book decorations were frequent sources for embroidery designs is beyond doubt. 1938A. G. I. Christie Eng. Medieval Embroidery 18 With the solitary exception of St. Dunstan..no name of an English medieval embroidery designer has yet been found. 1967E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iv. 99 The invention of sewing and embroidery machines during the Victorian era had its effect mainly on dress and furnishings. Ibid. 115 Other articles which give great scope to the embroidery designer are kneelers, banners and dossal hangings. |