faggoting or fagoting

Pronunciation key (fag′ət-iŋ)

fag•ot•ing

fag•got•ing (variant)

n.

Hemstitch	Drawn Work
FAGOTING Source: Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1976

1. Embroidery stitch which is produced by tying threads in an hourglass-shape cluster.
2. Decorative stitch created while pulling horizontal threads out of the fabric and tying cross-threads together in bunches.
3. Decorative openwork in which the stitches are drawn criss-cross over an open seam.

FAGOTING Source: Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition, ©1976

Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus, ©2004