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featherstitch

[ feth-er-stich ]

noun

  1. an embroidery stitch producing work in which a succession of branches extend alternately on each side of a central stem.


verb (used with object)

  1. to ornament by featherstitch.

featherstitch

/ ˈfɛðəˌstɪtʃ /

noun

  1. a zigzag embroidery stitch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to decorate (cloth) with featherstitch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of featherstitch1

First recorded in 1825–35; feather + stitch ( def )
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Example Sentences

As if a fiend from the pit had been trained to do featherstitch!

Sew the seams, then fell them and featherstitch the outside of the seams in colored linen.

I can never featherstitch any more, Alison.

And when she found how neatly she could hemstitch and do such beautiful featherstitch, and darn, and read so plainly that it was a pleasure to listen to her, she had to admit that Hannah Ann was a real credit, and, she confessed in her secret heart, a very sweet little girl.

As it extended, I brought out a line of goods suitable for kings, and a nobby thing for duchesses and that sort, with ruffles down the forehatch and the running-gear clewed up with a featherstitch to leeward and then hauled aft with a back-stay and triced up with a half-turn in the standing rigging forward of the weather-gaskets.

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