smocking

uncountable

A noun referring to a decorative embroidery technique created by gathering fabric into tight, even pleats and stitching them together, often used on garments.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее декоративную технику вышивки, создаваемую путем стягивания ткани в тугие ровные складки и их сшивания, часто используемую на одежде.

1. Decorative embroidery technique C1 formal

   An embroidery technique that gathers fabric into decorative patterns, often used on clothing like dresses and blouses.

   • The dress featured intricate smocking across the bodice.
   • She learned traditional smocking from her grandmother.
   • The smocking on the sleeves added a delicate texture to the garment.

   🇷🇺Декоративная техника вышивки

• smockings plural form
• smockings' possessive plural form
• smocking's possessive singular form

An obsolete verb meaning to put on a smock or to clothe in a smock-like garment; also historically used to mean to dress or attire.

• 🇷🇺Устаревший глагол, означающий надеть сорочку или облачить в одежду, напоминающую сорочку; также исторически использовался в значении одевать или наряжать.

1. Embellish with decorative stitching C1 formal

   To decorate fabric by sewing in straight lines that cross each other diagonally, creating a textured pattern.

   • She carefully smocked the bodice of the dress with intricate patterns.
   • The artisan smocked the fabric using a traditional technique.
   • He learned how to smock from his grandmother, who was a skilled seamstress.

   🇷🇺Украшать декоративной строчкой

• smocked past participle
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• smocking present participle
• smocks third person singular