Definitions for: Hemstitch

[n] embroidery similar to drawnwork
[n] stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups
[v] sew with hemstitches; "hemstitch a sleeve"

Webster (1913) Definition: Hem"stitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemstitched; p.
pr. & vb. n. Hemstitching.] [Hem + stitch.]
To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few
parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in
successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.

Synonyms: hemstitching

See Also: embroidery, fancywork, run up, sew, sew together, stitch, stitch

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