openwork decoration in which the thread is drawn in crisscross or barlike stitches across the open seam
fagoting in American English
(ˈfæɡətɪŋ)
noun
an openwork decoration of fabric in which thread is drawn in crisscross stitches across an open seam
Also Britfaggoting
Word origin
[1880–85; fagot + -ing1]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, highball, impressionism, interface, regionalism-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”