Definition of "embroidery-frame" [embroidery-frame]

• A frame on which material to be embroidered is fastened and stretched, so that it may not be drawn in the working. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Swiss-appointed — a young lady sat near one of three windows, working at an embroidery-frame; and an older lady sat with her face turned close to another white-tiled stove (though it was summer, and the stove was not lighted), cleaning gloves."
• "George Vendale took his seat by the embroidery-frame (having first taken the fair right hand that his entrance had checked), and glanced at the gold cross that dipped into the bodice, with something of the devotion of a pilgrim who had reached his shrine at last."
• "Marguerite blushed deeply, and turned away to her embroidery-frame in a corner by the window."