/bahr jel"oh/ , n.
1. a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
2. needlepoint work or a design done in such stitches, esp. the traditional needlepoint created by a classic stitch (Florentine stitch) done in diagonal lines.
[ 1920-25; allegedly after a set of chairs embroidered with such a stitch in the Bargello, a museum in Florence ]