Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Embroidery

Embroidery , noun

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