CREWELWORK

Meaning of CREWELWORK in English

/krooh"euhl werrk'/ , n.

decorative embroidery done with crewel yarn on cotton or linen, using simple stitches traditionally worked in floral or pastoral designs.

[ 1860-65; CREWEL + WORK ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

CREWELWORK — noun Date: 1863 embroidery work with crewel
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CREWELWORK — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : embroidery consisting of simple stitches (as stem stitch, chain stitch, buttonhole stitch) worked with crewel in floral …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CREWELWORK — (n.) Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.
Английский словарь Webster
CREWELWORK — ( n. ) Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CREWELWORK — n. embroidery done with crewel yarn
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CREWELWORK — noun Date: 1863 : embroidery work with crewel
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREWELWORK — noun embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.
Webster English vocab
CREWELWORK — [crew.el.work] n (1863): embroidery work with crewel
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CREWELWORK — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ w ə rk Function: noun Date: 1863 : embroidery work with crewel
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CREWEL — ˈkrüəl, Brit usually -üˌil noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English crule 1. : worsted slackly twisted yarn used for …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CREWEL — — crewelist, creweler , n. /krooh"euhl/ , n. 1. Also called crewel yarn . a worsted yarn for embroidery and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CREWEL — noun Etymology: Middle English crule Date: 15th century 1. : slackly twisted worsted yarn used for embroidery 2. : crewelwork
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREWEL — [crew.el] n [ME crule] (15c) 1: slackly twisted worsted yarn used for embroidery 2: crewelwork
Merriam-Webster English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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