tent stitch

noun

1. a short, slanting stitch used in embroidery. Compare gros point ( def 1 ), petit point ( def 1 ).

tent stitch

noun

1. See petit point
   another term for petit point

Word History and Origins

Origin of tent stitch¹

First recorded in 1630–40

Word History and Origins

Origin of tent stitch¹

C17: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

On a lounge covered with a design done in red and blue tent stitch, an elegantly dressed woman was sitting, reading a novel.

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This is taken from a quaint little needle-book dated 1703; the design itself being worked in tent-stitch.

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Tent-stitch, for instance, plays an important part in the wreath border of Fig. 8.

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She does, core of my heart, she does, and is as ignorant of music as I am of tent-stitch.

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I was seated in the garden with my tent-stitch, when out comes Pratt to say a young woman requested an audience of me.

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