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■ noun a type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of stitches crossing two or more threads of the canvas in each direction.
Origin
C19: Fr., lit. 'large stitch', from ~ de Venise , a type of lace orig. from Venice.
[ grəʊ'pwa~ \]
■ noun a type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of stitches crossing two or more threads of the canvas in each direction.
Origin
C19: Fr., lit. 'large stitch', from ~ de Venise , a type of lace orig. from Venice.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004