Hemstitch

['hemstɪtʃ] or ['hɛm,stɪtʃ]

Definition

(noun.) embroidery similar to drawnwork.

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

(verb.) sew with hemstitches; 'hemstitch a sleeve'.

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Definition

(v. t.) 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.

Edited by Greg