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ˈchain-stitch
1. In needlework: A kind of ornamental stitch resembling the links of a chain; the work so produced, chain-work.
1598Florio, Cadenelle..chaine-lace or chaine-stitch. 1640J. Taylor (Water P.) Praise of Needle Pref., Fine Ferne-stitch, Finny-stitch, New-stitch, and Chain-stitch. 1820Hazlitt Lect. Dram. Lit. 266 His figures are wrought in chain-stitch. 1876Rock Text. Fabr. 83.
2. In a sewing-machine: A stitch produced by looping the upper thread, when only one is used, into itself on the under side of the article sewn, or by using a second thread to engage the loop of the upper thread; as distinguished from the lock-stitch; also attrib., as in ‘a chain-stitch machine’.
1867Gd. Words 419/2 The sewing-machine..There are some which make what is termed the chain-stitch; they are useful for simpler work, such as hemming. |