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smockings

smockings is the plural of smocking.

Meaning of smocking

Noun

smocking (countable and uncountable, plural smockings)

  1. An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place; the product of the use of this embroidery technique.
    • Mr. Hudson […] preaches in his surplice. We see no reason why all clergymen should not do likewise. This donning and undonning, this white dressing and black smocking which one sees in so many churches, is a piece of stale nonsense; […]1872, Atticus [pseudonym; A. Hewitson], “Fulwood Church”, in Our Country Churches & Chapels. Antiquarian, Historical, Ecclesiastical, and Critical Sketches, Preston, Lancashire: A. Hewitson, […]...

Questions about smockings

What is smockings the plural of?
Smockings is the plural of smocking.

Words near smockings in the dictionary

  1. smockfrock
  2. smockfrocks
  3. smockful
  4. smockfuls
  5. smocking
  6. smockings
  7. smockless
  8. smocklike
  9. smocks
  10. smof
  11. smoffed

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