SMOCKING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("smocking" is a kind of...):

embroidery; fancywork (decorative needlework)

Derivation:

smock (embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally)

-ing form of the verb smock