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featherstitch
[ feth-er-stich ]
noun
- an embroidery stitch producing work in which a succession of branches extend alternately on each side of a central stem.
verb (used with object)
- to ornament by featherstitch.
featherstitch
/ ˈfɛðəˌstɪtʃ /
noun
- a zigzag embroidery stitch
verb
- to decorate (cloth) with featherstitch
Word History and Origins
Origin of featherstitch1
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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