Embroidery \Em*broid"er*y\, n.; pl. Embroideries.

1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. --Addison.

A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. --J. A. Symonds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)