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featherstitch

featherstitch noun: a kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.

featherstitch: a kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left...
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Noun

featherstitch (plural featherstitches)

  1. A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.

Verb

featherstitch (third-person singular simple present featherstitches, present participle featherstitching, simple past and past participle featherstitched)

  1. To make stitches of this kind.

Forms of featherstitch

Noun
pluralfeatherstitches
Verb
third-person singular presentfeatherstitches
present participlefeatherstitching
past participlefeatherstitched
pastfeatherstitched

Origin of featherstitch

From feather + stitch.

Questions about featherstitch

What does featherstitch mean?
Featherstitch means a kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.
What part of speech is featherstitch?
Featherstitch can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of featherstitch?
The plural of featherstitch is featherstitches.

Words near featherstitch in the dictionary

  1. feathers one's own nest
  2. feathershank
  3. feathersome
  4. featherstick
  5. feathersticks
  6. featherstitch
  7. featherstitched
  8. featherstitches
  9. featherstitching
  10. Featherston
  11. Featherstone

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