cutwork Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away

WordNet


Cut"work` noun
Definitions
  1. (Fine Arts) An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.

Webster 1913