Definitions for: Cutwork

[n] embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: embroidery, fancywork