FEATHERSTITCH

Etymology

Noun

featherstitch (plural featherstitches)

A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.

Verb

featherstitch (third-person singular simple present featherstitches, present participle featherstitching, simple past and past participle featherstitched)

To make stitches of this kind.

Source: Wiktionary


Feath"er*stitch`, n.

Definition: A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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