frogging
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- noun
- Specialized
- The tailor finished the uniform with beautiful frogging along the front, giving it an elegant touch.
Examples
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We rode out to Heathrow in a taxi, she bundled in her black coat with the blue frogging and looking especially vulnerable in a way that lent youthful dreaminess to her face.
Fiction book (1991) -
She admired the intricate frogging that adorned the military jacket, adding to its distinctive style.
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His ceremonial outfit featured golden frogging, making it stand out during the parade.
Synonyms
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5.5
A narrow cord sewn into clothing or cushion seams as decoration
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3.9
A decorative strip made by weaving threads to decorate clothes, curtains, or furniture
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2.7
A cord threaded through holes to tighten a shoe or corset
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2.7
A long lace used to tie boots through their eyelets
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8.2
A decorative way of gathering fabric on clothes into soft folds or ruffles
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8.7
A decorative loop of cord used to fasten a jacket, often on traditional clothes
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6.1
A knot with two loops and loose ends that people use to tie ribbons or shoelaces
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9.9
A decorative stitch you make by pulling out threads near a cloth edge and sewing the remaining threads together
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frogging for the decorative braid comes from the small fastenings once called 'frogs', named because their loops and knots looked a bit like little frogs, so the word grew to mean those ornamental braids on coats and jackets.