| 单词 | surface-couched |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurface-couched surface-couched adj. Embroidery (of a thread) held flat on the surface of the fabric by stitches looped over it; (of an object, design, etc.) decorated or worked using surface-couching. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > embroidered > with specific stitches darned1881 saddle-stitched1895 pin-stitched1898 surface-couched1905 underside-couched1936 1905 Burlington Mag. Apr. 65/1 The little silk points on ‘surface-couched’ gold are susceptible to the least rubbing. 1938 A. G. I. Christie Eng. Medieval Embroidery 25 The medieval English embroidery, preserved in the Musée de Cluny,..is surface-couched throughout. 1963 Opus Anglicanum (V. & A. Mus. Exhib. Catal.) 44/2 In the band with butterflies the metal threads are surface couched. 2005 E. Coatsworth in R. Netherton & G. R. Owen-Crocker Medieval Clothing & Textiles (2006) I. 9 The main elements of the design—foliage, animals, and birds—were surface-couched in gold thread. < as lemmas |
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