CREWEL

Noun

crewel (countable and uncountable, plural crewels)

Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

Verb

crewel (third-person singular simple present crewels, present participle crewelling, simple past and past participle crewelled)

(transitive) To make (embroidery) using the crewel method.

Source: Wiktionary


Crew"el (kr"l), n. Etym: [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. sq. root26.]

Definition: Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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