Etymology
Origin of tufting
Example Sentences
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Visitors can walk through much of the workspace, where staff members are on hand to demonstrate and explain the weaving, knitting, lasering, tufting and embroidery techniques employed today.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022
“Don’t hold back if you hate the tufting on the sofa or the fringe on the pillows.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Industrial carpet tile can be thought of as a kind of three-layer sandwich, made from tufting on top, filler in the middle and backing on the bottom.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2021
The 48-hour time lapse showed Morales using his tufting gun over the course of several days as SZA’s song “Love Galore” played in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2021
Placed by itself on a lawn it forms a singularly ornamental plant, even when not in flower, by the varied disposition and tufting of its twiggy thread-like branches.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas
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