spec. Figured work on a textile fabric, as in tapestry; embroidery. Obsolete.

†(a) = imagery, n. 1b. Obsolete. (b) = imagery, n. 1a. Now chiefly historical.

A circular piece of cloth sewn on to a garment; (in later use esp.) one with an embroidered design.

A branch-like figured pattern in embroidery or ornamental work: cf. branch, v. 6, branched, adj. 2b.

A circular piece of cloth sewn on to a garment; = roundel, n. 6a. Obsolete. rare.

spec. The process of embroidering vein-like patterns on handkerchiefs or other fabric; the decoration produced by this work; stitching of this…

transferred and figurative. Any delicate interweaving of lines or threads, as in embroidery, carving, etc.; also, an interlacing of boughs or…

A three-pointed figure in embroidery.

a pattern in Berlin work.

in needlework, a bar formed by means of button-hole work on a thread or threads.

A pattern in embroidery, lace, weaving, etc., or an ornament in wood-carving, etc., resembling an ear of wheat.

An object having the form or figure of a wheel; a circle, or something circular; a disc. spec. (a) in Needlework, an open pattern or decoration with…