Backstitch

[bækstitʃ]

(noun.) an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one.

(verb.) do backstitches.

Checker: Wyatt--From WordNet

(n.) A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

(v. i.) To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.

Typist: Terrence