"smocking : (sewing) An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered..."

“smocking : (sewing) 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.”

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/smocking#English

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