Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Needlework decoration of small, regularly spaced gathers stitched into a honeycomb pattern.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ornamental shirring, recently used, intended to imitate that on the smock-frocks of field-laborers. The lines, instead of being horizontal, form a honeycomb, the material being puckered diagonally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorativestitches to hold thegathers in place. - verb Present participle of
smock .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches
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Examples
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Guess the "smocking" is a critical attribute for me, huh?
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Social sciences Do smocking reduce the dippression? smocking is a sedative which can actually deepen dippression what's "smocking"? what's a "dippression"?
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Social sciences Do smocking reduce the dippression? smocking is a sedative which can actually deepen dippression what's "smocking"? what's a "dippression"?
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I was allowed to attend the ceremony, to which I wore a beautiful pair of bottle-green velvet short trousers which Mum sewed for me, a pair of fire-engine red patent leather buckled shoes, white socks, and a little white shirt with smocking and a frilly round collar, extremely smart.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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I am not able to iron the upper part of the sleeve on this one, so I just leave it wrinkled and it looks like smocking.
Women's Dresses in Marcus Stone's Paintings (1840-1921) 2009
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I am not able to iron the upper part of the sleeve on this one, so I just leave it wrinkled and it looks like smocking.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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I found a pretty Laura Ashley jumper with smocking today at Goodwill!
Smocked Summer Dress regina doman 2008
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Sometimes a little elastic smocking or an obilike sash can camouflage a tummy.
Oh No She Didn’t Clinton Kelly 2010
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But smocking them or adding some embroidered touches would make them new again ... and since I did it myself, I would make them even more my own.
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Throughout her lifetime, her gifts of sewing, smocking, embroidery, and clothing to family and friends help tie them to her, and to one another.
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