In machine sewing, a single motion of a needle and shuttle carrying the thread through the fabric; or the loop or interlocked thread thus produced.

A type of stitch made using a sewing machine in which the upper thread of the stitch interlocks with the lower thread when the needle penetrates…

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…

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