oversewnadj.
/ˈəʊvəsəʊn/, /ˌəʊvəˈsəʊn/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˈˌsoʊn/ That is stitched by oversewing; involving oversewing.
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overcast1891
overstitched1894
oversewn1903
1903 Tregaskis' Catal. Jan. 11/1 Six Handkerchiefs, hemstitched, very small cobweb border and oversewn ornament in the corners.
1959 Brittonia 11 p. xxiv The volumes are bound in library buckram by the oversewn method, and stamped in gold.
2002 Sunday Express (Nexis) 27 Oct. 54 The scar came as a shock. It was a long ridge of oversewn loops disappearing under my armpit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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