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tatting

[ tat-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act or process of making a kind of knotted lace of cotton or linen thread with a shuttle.
such lace.

tatting

/ ˈtætɪŋ /

an intricate type of lace made by looping a thread of cotton or linen by means of a hand shuttle
the act or work of producing this

Origin of tatting¹

First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain

Origin of tatting¹

C19: of unknown origin

An opportunity given of looking on while one was embroidering, crocheting, or making tatting, and the process was her own.

Not one of the tatting-and-tea kind, but an impressive, bustling old girl, with a double chin.

We submit that a well-trained Preacheress should spend the summer vacation sitting on the hotel piazza busy with her "tatting."

She was exceedingly industrious, and managed to get through quite a lot of tatting during her captivity.

The "tatting" craze was sweeping over the country then, everybody wore tatting and almost everybody made it.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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