hardanger

[ hahr-dang-er ]

/ hɑrˈdæŋ ər /

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noun

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

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Origin of hardanger

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

Words nearby hardanger

harbour master, harbour seal, hard, hard act to follow, hard-and-fast, hardanger, hard as nails, hard-ass, hard-asset, hardback, hardbake

How to use hardanger in a sentence

Hardanger & Co. represented one of the greatest factors in the trade of two hemispheres.
The Wayfarers|Mary Stewart Cutting
To stand out on abstract questions of honor, and then tacitly break all faith by going in with Hardanger!
The Wayfarers|Mary Stewart Cutting
Gjert Hovland seems to be the first one from the province of Hardanger to emigrate to America.
A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States : From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848|George Tobias Flom
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

These eighteen persons form the advance guard of the immigration from Hardanger.
A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States : From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848|George Tobias Flom