hardanger

[ hahr-dang-er ]

/ hɑrˈdæŋ ər /

noun

embroidery openwork having elaborate symmetrical designs created by blocks of satin stitches within which threads of the embroidery fabric are removed.

Nearby words

hard-surface, hard-ticket, hard-wearing, hard-wired, hard-working, hardanger, hardback, hardbake, hardball, hardboard, hardbody

Origin of hardanger

First recorded in 1880–85; after Hardanger, an area in SW Norway where such embroidery was orig. produced

Examples from the Web for hardanger

An edge of buttonholed loops with a picot in the centre of each bar as described on Hardanger is also good.
The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft|Effie Archer Archer
He knows of a house on the Hardanger Fiord, a house in a wood.
Love and Lucy|Maurice Henry Hewlett
Even amongst the older men of the Hardanger one seldom sees the knee-breeches and stockings which used to be worn.
Peeps at Many Lands: Norway|A.F. Mockler-Ferryman
We have seen that the former of these came to America in 1831, being probably the first immigrant from Hardanger.
A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States : From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848|George Tobias Flom

The Hardanger violin, which has eight strings, is still made and played by the older musicians.
North Dakota|Various