faggoting

British  

/ ˈfæɡətɪŋ /

noun

1. decorative needlework done by tying vertical threads together in bundles

2. a decorative way of joining two hems by crisscross stitches

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Example Sentences

After they have finished faggoting, the women rake up the fragments for their cottage fires; and later on, as the spring advances, the birds come for the remaining twigs, of which great quantities are left.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard

To obtain nerve in larger masses, it is necessary to form them of bundles of smaller bars, a process known under the name of faggoting.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

Well," said Nettie, depositing her bundles on the dining room table, "did you finish that faggoting?

From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna

He has some small perquisites: he is allowed to carry home a bundle of wood or a log every night, and may gather up the remnants after the faggoting is finished.

From Hodge and His Masters by Jefferies, Richard

Here, too, she earned $4, but the season grew dull, and she entered a small factory, where she worked on children's dresses, embroidering, buttonholing, faggoting, and feather-stitching.

From Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls by Clark, Sue Ainslie