fagoting

(fagət iŋ)

or faggoting

noun

  1. a kind of drawnwork or hemstitch with wide spaces
  2. openwork decoration in which the thread is drawn in crisscross or barlike stitches across the open seam

See fagoting in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also fag·got·ing

noun
  1. A method of decorating cloth by pulling out horizontal threads and tying the remaining vertical threads into hourglass-shaped bunches.
  2. A method of joining hemmed edges by crisscrossing thread over an open seam.
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