fagoting

American  

[fag-uh-ting] / ˈfæg ə tɪŋ /

British, faggoting

noun

1. an openwork decoration of fabric in which thread is drawn in crisscross stitches across an open seam.

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Etymology

Origin of fagoting

First recorded in 1880–85; fagot + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

At Manescalchi, a linen purveyor favored by the Milanese haute bourgeoisie, Guadagnino found from dead stock a collection of pristine place mats and napkins with elaborately handworked fagoting details.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2018

And how they're ever to get ironed——" "There's hemstitching and fagoting, but I don't know as it's any less work than ruffling.

From A Little Girl in Old New York by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Sometimes there was an overthrown nest like a sack of twigs turned out on the turf, such as the hedgers rake together after fagoting.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard