coughing

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The inlaid part is sewn down with thread, and covered with cord or couchings of floss silk.

From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

Under this head may be classed as varieties the ordinary “laid backgrounds,” “diaper couchings,” “brick stitch,” “basket stitch,” and the various forms of stuffed couchings which are found in ancient embroideries.

From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

These couchings and these lowly courtesies Might fire the blood of ordinary men, And turn pre-ordinance and first decree Into the law of children.

From Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, William