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[ verb ] decorate with needlework

Synonyms

broider

Used in print

(The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)

Mrs._Eustis_Reily 's olive-green street length silk taffeta dress was embroidered on the bodice with gold threads and golden sequins and beads .

(The Sun, [Baltimore]...)

For a particularly fabulous room which houses a collection of fine English_Chippendale furniture , fabric wall panels were embroidered with a typically Chinese-inspired design of_this revered Eighteenth_Century period .

Related terms

decorate purl purl faggot sew

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