smocking

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  1. noun Needlework decoration of small, regularly spaced gathers stitched into a honeycomb pattern.

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  • A hand-me-down from Mimi's three girls, something with smocking or embroidery at the top. —  Every Secret Thing
  • In contrast, the gown’s delicate seed pearl smocking and wrist-length tulle sleeves suited her taste exactly. —  The Haunting
  • Wong decided to use smocking, an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch, as her unique selling point.
  • "Lace trim, smocking, and rhinestones are the small touches that go a long way, all at a price everyone will love!"
  • Social sciences Do smocking reduce the dippression? smocking is a sedative which can actually deepen dippression what's "smocking"? what's a "dippression"? —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
 

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/ˈsmɑkɪŋ/
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