| 单词 | long and short stitch |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong and short stitch 3. Embroidery. Designating a flat stitch used for shading, in which the first row is alternated in length. Also: designating work featuring this stitch. Chiefly in long and short stitch. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > embroidered > with specific stitches > stitch feather-stitch1835 long and short1845 tête de bœuf1882 1845 Ecclesiologist May 98 The old-fashioned embroidery, or ‘long and short’ stitch. 1848 E. C. P. in C. H. Hartshorne Eng. Medieval Embroidery 121 ‘Long and short’ stitch is employed for shading. 1915 M. Symonds Elem. Embroidery x. 108 Silk embroidery, which is worked either in ‘long and short’ Solid Shading, or in Laid Work. 1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iv. 91 The ones in existence depict the Buddha life size, the large areas of colour being filled in solidly in chain, satin, and long-and-short stitch. 2001 Piecework May 47/1 A man's traditional outfit included a shirt with high collar and either a side or a center front placket embellished with long-and-short stitch. < as lemmas |
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