Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Work, such as sewing or embroidery, that is done with a needle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The work or occupation of one who uses the needle, especially in sewing.
- noun Work produced by means of the needle, especially embroidery in all its forms, which is in this way discriminated from decoration produced by weaving, knitting, netting, etc.
- noun In architecture, a form of construction combining a framework of timber and a plaster or masonry filling, employed very commonly in medieval houses, and for some partitions, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery, crocheting, quilting, or tapestry, etc.; also, the art, process, or occupation of creating objects with needles.
- noun The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the art or process of working with a needle especially in
embroidery orneedlepoint . - noun the product of such art or process.
- noun the
occupation oremployment of a person skilled inembroidery ,needlepoint , ect.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a creation created or assembled by needle and thread
- noun work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle
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Examples
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And the wall was hung with pictures done in needlework – tapestry, in fact, though Dickie did not know that this was its name.
Harding's Luck Edith 1909
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In the evening the doctor, Clara, Mrs. Rocke, and Traverse gathered around the fire as one family – Mrs. Rocke and Clara engaged in needlework, and the doctor or Traverse in reading aloud, for their amusement, some agreeable book.
The Hidden Hand 1888
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"The graving," probably, included embroidery of figures like cherubim in needlework, as well as wood carving of pomegranates and other ornaments.
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"But needlework is not a fashionable accomplishment, my dear."
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This weaving of small subjects is certainly very little removed from embroidery; it may fairly be called needlework, for it is as often carried out with needles as with bobbins, the former being frequently better suited to the size of the work.
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie
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She could play upon the harp and paint in water-colours, and her needlework was a picture, but not half so pretty a picture as her face.
Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Pam Kaithern, mayor of West Cape May, New Jersey said police are looking into the guerrilla needlework, which is against the law because it is being done on public property without permission, The Press of Atlantic City reported.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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Candace Thurber Wheeler founded the Society of Decorative Arts in New York in 1877 to help the thousands of women who were left indigent at the end of the Civil War support themselves through handicrafts such as needlework, sewing, and other decorative arts.
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Besides themes connected with the female experience of childbirth or motherhood, we also find in the works of the first group techniques and materials that were perceived as “feminine,” such as needlework, weaving or clay.
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Keep Girls in School, also states that girls in Africa are mainly steered towards stereotype subjects such as needlework, nursing and cookery rather than science and technology.
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