pinwork

[ pin-wurk ]

noun

1. (in the embroidery of needlepoint lace) crescent-shaped stitches raised from the surface of the design.

pinwork

/ ˈpɪnˌwɜːk /

noun

1. (in needlepoint lace) the fine raised stitches

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinwork¹

First recorded in 1885–90; pin + work

Example Sentences

And note that if the bed be covered with cloth, there is needed a fur coverlet of small vair, but if it be covered with serge, or broidery, or pinwork of cendal, not.'--II,

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