Threadwork

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Work made with, or as if with, threads. countable, uncountable

    "Fine embroidery, especially gold threadwork, was of course a specialised skill, done for rich patrons, not the stitchcraft of hovels."

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"Fine embroidery, especially gold threadwork, was of course a specialised skill, done for rich patrons, not the stitchcraft of hovels."

Etymology

From thread + work.

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