n. The art of working with the needle raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabric, leather, paper, etc.n. A design produced or worked according to this art.n. Variegated or diversified ornamentation, especially by the contrasts of figures and colors; ornamental decoration.n. In heraldry, a hill or mount with several copings or rises and falls.