Meaning

1 senses
  1. An embroidery stitch in which parallel threads are drawn together in groups, which may be purely decorative or used on the warp threads of handwoven cloth to prevent unraveling.

    Hohlsaum

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

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
embroidery stitch:

Origin

From hem + stitch.

From hem + stitch.

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Forms

plural: hemstitches
Singularhemstitch
Pluralhemstitches

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups:hemstitching

See also

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