knotting

[ not-ing ]

noun

1. a decorative pattern produced by interlacing and tying knots knot in various yarns, as in macramé and tatting.

knotting

/ ˈnɒtɪŋ /

noun

1. a sealer applied over knots in new wood before priming to prevent resin from exuding
2. (esp formerly) a kind of decorative knotted fancywork

Word History and Origins

Origin of knotting¹

First recorded in 1605–15; knot ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The late Caleb Whitefoord, seeing a lady knotting fringe for a petticoat, asked her, what she was doing?

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They sank to the benches; the climb, once halted, knotting their calves and the low muscles on their backs.

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I was startled then to see the depth of yearning in Wickwire's regard, to see his hands knotting and twisting one in the other.

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Then he was writhing on the glass steps with fold after slimy fold knotting about him, twisting, crushing, killing him.

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Eunice was knotting fringe for a bedspread, and it interested the child wonderfully.

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