ladder stitch

noun

1. an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ladder stitch¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Navy blue full skirt with ladder stitch hem letting the light in.

From Los Angeles Times

Ornamental Ladder Stitch.—The stitches are to be set on in elevens.

From Project Gutenberg

The outlines are embroidered in overcast stitch or double overcast; the material is cut away underneath the ladder stitch between the outlines.

From Project Gutenberg

The embroidery is worked in button-hole stitch, overcast, satin, and ladder stitch.

From Project Gutenberg

Illustration 121 is a variety of the slanting ladder stitch.

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