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needleful
/ ˈniːdəlfʊl /
noun
- a length of thread cut for use in a needle
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Example Sentences
Old Mis' Meade, translating this, held her breath and waited; but Amarita only sighed and took a needleful of thread.
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The next needleful proved more successful, and the listener asked if the Ashbys were getting on comfortably at present.
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"I didn't ask you," said Jane, biting off a needleful of thread as she had always been strictly forbidden to do.
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The needleful should not be lengthy lest it gets worn before it is all worked in.
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When a new needleful is commenced be sure to make the first knot very firm.
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