1. Embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches
   "The delicate faggoting on the blouse added an elegant touch";
   - fagoting [US]

1. Ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch
   "The seamstress faggoted the delicate silk blouse";
   - fagot [N. Amer]
    
2. (metallurgy) fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
   "The blacksmith faggoted the iron rods before heating them in the forge";
   - fagot [N. Amer]
    
3. Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
   "faggot up the sticks";
   - fagot [N. Amer], faggot up [archaic]

Derived forms: faggotings

Type of: bind, broider [archaic], embroider, embroidery, fancywork, tie down, tie up, truss

Encyclopedia: Faggoting