smocking
Example Sentences
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Beatrice was wearing her polished cotton, very girlish with the smocking across the bodice.
From Literature
Even down to the shape of this smocking and the crystal application and then the dégradé within the cape.
From New York Times
And the clothes he would make for her—pink crêpe de Chine frocks with dainty smocking at the yoke and sleeves.
From Literature
The president did, however, score one recent success, when his neologism “smocking” proved popular.
From The Guardian
A lot of that smocking wall is built.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.