Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Embroidery \Em*broid"er*y\, n.; pl. {Embroideries}.
   1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.;
      also, the art of embroidering.

   2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures
      and colors; variegated decoration.

            Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed.
                                                  --Addison.

            A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. --J. A.
                                                  Symonds.

Source : WordNet®

embroidery
     n 1: elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative
          (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been
          heightened by many embellishments in subsequent
          retellings" [syn: {embellishment}]
     2: decorative needlework [syn: {fancywork}]