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| beading |
lacelike looped edging, or openwork lace trimming through which a ribbon can be run, as on a garment or cloth furnishings. [1/4 definitions] |
| bullion |
a trimming of silver or gold threads or lace. [1/2 definitions] |
| cuff1 |
a folded over and usu. sewn piece of material at the end of a shirt sleeve or pants leg, serving as trimming. [1/4 definitions] |
| ermine |
the white winter fur of the ermine, used as a trimming for clothing or in the making of coats. [1/2 definitions] |
| fagoting |
a technique for trimming or decorating cloth with crisscross stitches across an open seam, or with vertical threads tied at midpoint in bundles spaced across a section with no horizontal threads. |
| frill |
an ornamental gathered or pleated trimming, esp. on the edge of a garment. [2/4 definitions] |
| furbelow |
a ruffle, flounce, or other showy trimming on clothing. [1/2 definitions] |
| furring |
the act of trimming or lining something with fur, or the fur used for this. [1/2 definitions] |
| galloon |
a braid or trimming made of lace, metallic thread, or worsted. |
| garniture |
a decorative embellishment; trimming. |
| logging |
the work or business of felling trees, trimming and cutting them into logs, and transporting these to a sawmill. |
| macramé |
a decorative hanging, trimming, or the like, heavier than lace, that is made by twisting, interlacing, and knotting cords. [1/2 definitions] |
| manicure |
to groom by trimming closely and neatly. [1/3 definitions] |
| marabou |
a trimming or material made of these feathers, or a garment so trimmed. [1/3 definitions] |
| miniver |
a white fur, esp. ermine, used for trimming garments such as ceremonial robes. |
| organza |
a thin, stiff, translucent fabric of silk or synthetic fibers, used for evening gowns, trimming, and the like. |
| plastron |
the decorative front of a shirt or garment, such as a man's formal dress shirt or the trimming on a woman's bodice. [1/3 definitions] |
| rickrack |
a flat strip of zigzag braid or ribbon used as trimming on clothing, cloth furnishings, and the like. |
| ruche |
a strip of pleated or gathered trim, as of lace or fine muslin, usu. used as a trimming for the neck or wrists of a dress. |
| ruffle |
a strip or length of fabric, gathered along one edge in pleats or frills, and usu. used as trimming. [1/9 definitions] |
| tatting |
lace made by knotting and looping a strand of heavy gauge cotton or linen thread on a small hand shuttle, often used as trimming. [1/2 definitions] |
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