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embroidery frame

embroidery frame

6.0
A tool that holds fabric tight while you sew patterns by hand
  • noun
translation icon : armazón de bordado
  • The notebook, originally published in 1770, of Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, designer to Louis XV, includes a drawing of an embroidery frame with fabric stretched over it.

Examples

  • After securing the fabric in the embroidery frame, he began meticulously stitching a floral pattern.

  • She carefully placed the fabric into the embroidery frame to prepare for her stitching.

  • We were all twelve nodding over our embroidery frames the next afternoon when my sister Aprilla poked me with her needle hard enough to draw blood.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • An embroidery frame (gorgaf) on which a section of the woman's waistcoat (farmala) has been mounted.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The artisan adjusted the tension on the embroidery frame to ensure the design would be perfect.

Synonyms

embroidery hoop
vsembroidery frame
1 3.3

A pair of rings that hold cloth tight while you sew designs by hand

is a more general tool term, not limited to fitted rings
tambour
vsembroidery frame
1 9.9

A round frame that holds fabric tight for sewing

is the broader tool term not emphasizing circular shape

Surface Forms

embroidery frame singular
embroidery frames plural

Morphology

embroidery + frame

The compound combines 'embroidery' (decorative sewing) with 'frame' (a rigid support), so an average B1 learner who knows both words can infer it is a frame used for embroidery. This is a straightforward, compositional noun–noun compound following common cross-linguistic patterns, making the meaning immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Embroidery frame is a simple tool, a frame or hoop that holds cloth tight while you do embroidery, or 'decorative sewing'. That's why the name means the tool that keeps the fabric flat so your stitches stay neat.