tatting

• Nom désignant une dentelle faite à la main en nouant des boucles et des nœuds d'un seul fil à l'aide d'une petite navette, ou l'art de fabriquer cette dentelle.

A noun referring to a type of handmade lace created by looping and knotting a single thread using a small shuttle, or the craft of making such lace.

indénombrable

1. Lace-making craftC1formal

   A technique for creating handmade lace by looping and knotting a single thread using a small shuttle.

   Frivolité

   • She learned tatting from her grandmother.
   • The delicate tatting adorned the edges of the handkerchief.
   • Tatting requires patience and a steady hand.

2. The resulting laceC1formal

   The handmade lace produced by the tatting technique.

   Dentelle au fuseau (frivolité)

   • The collar was trimmed with fine tatting.
   • She displayed her tatting at the craft fair.
   • Vintage tatting is highly valued by collectors.

• Verbe vieilli signifiant faire, créer ou exécuter; également utilisé dans l'expression 'tat and tit', signifiant 'ceci et cela'.

An obsolete verb meaning to do, make, or perform; also used in the phrase 'tat and tit' meaning 'this and that'.

1. Make laceworkC1formal

   To create lace by knotting or looping thread using a small shuttle.

   faire de la frivolité

   • She learned to tat from her grandmother.
   • He spent the afternoon tatting a delicate doily.
   • Tatting requires patience and a steady hand.