chain-stitchn.
1. In needlework: A kind of ornamental stitch resembling the links of a chain; the work so produced, chain-work.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > done in specific stitches
setwork1503
chain-stitch1598
true-stitch1606
cross-stitchc1710
tent-work1798
faggoting1868
plumage work1886
pin stitching1900
pattern darning1906
rococo stitch1906
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other
chain-stitch1598
French knot1623
picot1623
petty-point1632
tent-stitch1639
brede-stitch1640
herringbone stitch1659
satin stitch1664
feather-stitch1835
Gobelin stitch1838
crowfoot1839
seedingc1840
German stitch1842
petit point1842
long stitch1849
looped stitch1851
hem-stitch1853
loop-stitch1853
faggot stitch1854
spider-wheel1868
dot stitch1869
picot stitch1869
slip-stitch1872
coral-stitch1873
stem stitch1873
rope stitch1875
Vienna cross stitch1876
witch stitch1876
pin stitch1878
seed stitch1879
cushion-stitch1880
Japanese stitch1880
darning-stitch1881
Kensington stitch1881
knot-stitch1881
bullion knot1882
cable pattern1882
Italian stitch1882
lattice-stitch1882
queen stitch1882
rice stitch1882
shadow-stitch1882
ship-ladder1882
spider-stitch1882
stem1882
Vandyke stitch1882
warp-stitch1882
wheel-stitch1882
basket-stitch1883
outline stitch1885
pointing1888
bullion stitchc1890
cable-stitchc1890
oriental stitchc1890
Turkish stitchc1890
Romanian stitch1894
shell-stitch1895
saddle stitch1899
magic stitch1900
plumage-stitch1900
saddle stitching1902
German knot stitch1903
trellis1912
padding stitch1913
straight stitch1918
Hungarian stitch1921
trellis stitch1921
lazy daisy1923
diamond stitchc1926
darning1930
faggot filling stitch1934
fly stitch1934
magic chain stitch1934
glove stitch1964
pad stitch1964
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cadenelle..chaine-lace or chaine-stitch.
1640 J. Taylor Praise of Needle Pref. Fine Ferne-stitch, Finny-stitch, New-stitch, and Chain-stitch.
1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 266 His figures are wrought in chain-stitch.
1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xcviii The chain-stitch was worked into circles for the faces.
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 attributive, as in ‘a chain-stitch machine’.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > sewing machine stitch
stitch1844
lock stitch1849
chain-stitch1867
chain knota1877
machine-stitching1899
machine stitch1915
1867 Good Words 8 419/2 The sewing-machine..There are some which make what is termed the chain-stitch; they are useful for simpler work, such as hemming.
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