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felled seam

felled seam noun: a seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.

Noun

felled seam (plural felled seams)

  1. A seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.

Synonyms of felled seam

Forms of felled seam

pluralfelled seams

Questions about felled seam

What does felled seam mean?
Felled seam means a seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.
What part of speech is felled seam?
Felled seam is a noun.
What is the plural of felled seam?
The plural of felled seam is felled seams.

Words near felled seam in the dictionary

  1. fellatrice
  2. fellatrices
  3. fellatrix
  4. fellatrixes
  5. felled
  6. felled seam
  7. Fellenz
  8. Fellenzes
  9. feller
  10. feller buncher
  11. feller bunchers

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