'Cutwork' definitions:
Definition of 'cutwork'
(from WordNet)
noun
Embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away
Definition of 'Cutwork'
From: GCIDE
- Cutwork \Cut"work`\ (k[u^]t"w[^u]rk`), n. (Fine Arts) An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed. [1913 Webster]