tatting
Americannoun
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the act or process of making a kind of knotted lace of cotton or linen thread with a shuttle.
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such lace.
noun
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an intricate type of lace made by looping a thread of cotton or linen by means of a hand shuttle
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the act or work of producing this
Etymology
Origin of tatting
First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Thousands of young women were given an education and a portable skill, their equipment — tatting shuttle, thread, needles, crochet hooks — small enough to fit in a pocket, and take to America.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2016
From the outside it's kind of amusing to think of you as a prisoner in your own home as your mother-in-law takes over the porch with her tatting and smoking.
From Slate • May 29, 2013
Or as the milestone is better known in body-art circles, tatting 300.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2012
Last year has to be one of the worst episodes of senatorial tatting in history.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2012
Even though I knew full well that I wasn’t any good at tatting, having this fact confirmed by strangers was not pleasant.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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