gros point

n. cross-stitch embroidery on canvas.
Etymology: F (as GROSS, POINT)

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noun

1. a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads

• Hypernyms: ↑sewing stitch, ↑embroidery stitch

2. needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches

• Hypernyms: ↑needlepoint, ↑needlepoint embroidery

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\\ˈgrōˌpȯint\ noun (plural gros points)

Etymology: French, literally, large point

1. : raised point

2.

a. : canvas work made with large tent stitches each of which crosses two vertical and two horizontal threads

b. : a stitch used in making such canvas work — compare petit point

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/groh" poynt'/, pl. gros points.

1. a large stitch used in embroidery. Cf. petit point (def. 1), tent stitch.

2. Venetian point lace with raised work and large designs.

[1860-65; < F: large point]

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gros point /grō point/

noun

1. A large cross-stitch or tent stitch used in embroidery, covering two vertical and two horizontal threads of the canvas

2. Embroidery composed of this stitch

ORIGIN: Fr

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gros point «GROHS _POYNT; French groh pwan»,

a raised stitch used especially in certain kinds of embroidery for upholstery and in sewing on or with canvas.

╂[< French gros point large stitch]

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[grō]

n. a type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of stitches crossing two or more threads of the canvas in each direction

Origin:

mid 19th cent.: French, literally ‘large stitch’, from gros point de Venise, a type of lace originally from Venice, worked in bold relief. The current sense dates from the 1930s