smocking

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

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma técnica decorativa de bordado feita franzindo o tecido em pregas regulares e apertadas e costurando-as, usada frequentemente em roupas.

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.

   🇵🇹Técnica decorativa de bordado

• 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.

• 🇵🇹Verbo arcaico que significa vestir uma camisa ou cobrir alguém com uma roupa que lembra uma camisa; historicamente também era usado no sentido de vestir ou agasalhar.

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.

   🇵🇹Enfeitar com pesponto decorativo

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