Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Needlework made with crewel.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of embroidery done with crewel usually upon linen, the foundation forming the background.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun embroidery made using a crewel

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn

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Examples

  • Sampler making was a home rather than a school taught industry, going down from mother to daughter along with darning and other processes of the needle, and having no relation, except that of its dexterity, to the distinct style of decorative embroidery called crewelwork, which accompanied it, or even preceded it.

    The Development of Embroidery in America Candace Wheeler 1875

  • I seized a crewelwork pillow off the bed and hit him with it.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • I seized a crewelwork pillow off the bed and hit him with it.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • I seized a crewelwork pillow off the bed and hit him with it.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • It was quite the largest bed she had ever seen, with its sweeping crewelwork canopy and line of pillows marching from one side to the other at the top.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • I seized a crewelwork pillow off the bed and hit him with it.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • Standing on my toes and moving slowly toward the back of the house, I saw rooms festooned with crewelwork wall hangings and hunting prints.

    Hollywood Nocturne Ellroy, James 1994

  • She sat at one end and lifted her casted leg onto the cushions, plumping handmade crewelwork pillows behind her back for additional support.

    Mistletoe and Holly Janet Dailey 1982

  • She sat at one end and lifted her casted leg onto the cushions, plumping handmade crewelwork pillows behind her back for additional support.

    Mistletoe and Holly Janet Dailey 1982

  • She sat at one end and lifted her casted leg onto the cushions, plumping handmade crewelwork pillows behind her back for additional support.

    Mistletoe and Holly Janet Dailey 1982

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