Definition of Chain stitch. Meaning of Chain stitch. Synonyms of Chain stitch

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Definition of Chain stitch

Chain stitch
Stitch Stitch, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch. 3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. You have gone a good stitch. --Bunyan. In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. --Holland. 4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. --Bp. Burnet. 5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.] If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. --Marston. 6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.] 7. A furrow. --Chapman. Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary. Pearl, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.
Chain stitch
Chain stitch Chain" stitch` 1. An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery. 2. (Machine Sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.

Meaning of Chain stitch from wikipedia

- Chain stitch is a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern. Chain stitch is an ancient craft – examples...
- basic stitches of embroidery are running stitch, cross stitch, stem stitch, back stitch, satin stitch, chain stitch and blanket stitch. Stitches are categorized...
- Multi-thread Chain Stitch class 500 - Over-edge Chain Stitch class 600 - Covering Chain Stitch Chain stitch Lockstitch Zigzag stitch Running stitch Back stitch Satin...
- or stitches of the earliest embroidery are chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, and cross stitch. Those stitches remain...
- reduce the amount of hand-stitching on garments, making sewing more reliable and functional. His sewing machine used the chain stitch method, in which the...
- (running stitch, backstitch), the form or shape of the stitch (chain stitch, feather stitch) or the purpose of the stitch (tailor's tack, hem stitch). Sewing...
- Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots (New York: Doubleday, 1944), 209. Chain stitch with animation Boater's Tip: The Chain Sinnet ('Daisy Chain') Knot v t e...
- visible on the spine of the book. Another longstitch technique uses the chain stitch to fasten sections, and was used in parchment-covered books with reinforced...
- back, split or chain stitch before the entire shape including the outline is covered with satin stitch. In traditional practice, satin stitch is emplo****...
- Coral stitch or coral knots Zig-zag coral stitch Double knot stitch or Smyrna stitch Knotted cable chain stitch, a knotted variant of cable chain stitch Ceylon...