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UK
/smˈɒkɪŋ/
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NOUN
- embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches
How To Use smocking In A Sentence
- The difficulty of adapting counterchange designs for patterns that were designed for pleater smocking is that your ratio of fabric to pleats is reduced.
- Guess the "smocking" is a critical attribute for me, huh? Dress-Buying Behavior of Consumers - A Dress A Day
- I am not able to iron the upper part of the sleeve on this one, so I just leave it wrinkled and it looks like smocking. Women's Dresses in Marcus Stone's Paintings (1840-1921)
- Because the smocking is done as an insert rather than at the top of the skirt front piece, the skirt length will need to be shortened.
- I was allowed to attend the ceremony, to which I wore a beautiful pair of bottle-green velvet short trousers which Mum sewed for me, a pair of fire-engine red patent leather buckled shoes, white socks, and a little white shirt with smocking and a frilly round collar, extremely smart. Archive 2009-03-01
- I found a pretty Laura Ashley jumper with smocking today at Goodwill! Smocked Summer Dress
- Because the smocking is done as an insert rather than at the top of the skirt front piece, the skirt length will need to be shortened.
- Sometimes a little elastic smocking or an obilike sash can camouflage a tummy. Oh No She Didn’t
- The stitchers display dazzling skill and finesse, creating textured surfaces of petit point, needlepoint, beading, embroidery, appliqué, smocking and macramé.
- Scallop-edged eyelet and smocking provide a summery look, regardless of the season.