HEMSTITCHING

hemstitch, hemstitching

(noun) a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

hemstitching

present participle of hemstitch

Source: Wiktionary


HEMSTITCH

Hem"stitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemstitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hemstitching.] Etym: [Hem + stitch.]

Definition: To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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