A kind of embroidery used in working tapestry; also attributive. Obsolete.

In needlework: A kind of ornamental stitch resembling the links of a chain; the work so produced, chain-work.

a kind of embroidery stitch which produces the same effect on both sides of the material.

(a) A stitch formed of two stitches crossing each other, thus X. (b) A kind of needlework characterized by stitches crossing each other.

needlework done in tent-stitch.

Needlework. A decorative stitch used to join two pieces of material together, in which the thread is crossed or twisted when forming each stitch to…

the group of stitches to which plumage-stitch belongs.

= pin stitch, n.

a type of embroidery in which darning stitches form a design, frequently as a geometric background.

a canvas stitch formed with bundles of four straight stitches crossed with short slanting stitches, worked in diagonal lines.