picot

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noun

An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.

OriginFrench picot →
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Meanings

nounpicot (plural picots)

plural picots

  1. An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.
verbpicot (third-person singular simple present picots, present participle picoting, simple past and past participle picoted)

present singular third person picots · participle present picoting · participle past picoted · past picoted

  1. To do this kind of embroidery.

Origin

  1. Frenchpicot
  2. Englishpicot

From French picot, from piquer (“to prick”).

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Translations

Polish pikot, pikotek
  • pikotembroidery trim
  • pikotekembroidery trim
  • pikotkaembroidery trim

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

picot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picot

MLA

“picot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picot.

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