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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] |
| cutwork |
openwork embroidery in which some of the fabric is cut out from the design. |
| fretwork |
ornamental openwork composed of interlacing bars in a repeated, geometric pattern. |
| hemstitch |
to stitch a hem along a narrow strip where parallel threads have been pulled out, producing a decorative openwork border on (a fabric). [1/2 definitions] |
| lace |
an openwork fabric made of or trimmed in a web of fine threads. [1/6 definitions] |
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