cornelyn.
/kɔːˈnɛli//kɔːˈniːli/ Designating, of, or relating to a type of chain-stitch embroidery machine with universal feed.
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shuttleless1888
cornely1903
straight stitch1918
straight-stitching1967
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [adjective] > sewing > types of sewing machine > one who uses
cornely1903
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 using specific equipment > machine
Bonnaz1870
cornely1952
machine embroidery1960
1903 Daily Chron. 27 Feb. 10/5 Bonnaz.—Few good Cornely hands..wanted.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §407 By hand or by cornely appliqué machine.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §407 By cornely, singer or other machine.
1952 C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing 294 Cornelly, an embroidery of lacy design made by the Cornelly machine on a vanishing cloth which is afterwards removed, leaving the embroidery.
1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage ii. 51 Trade machines on which chain stitch and a free satin stitch can be worked (the Cornely and the Irish Machines).
Derivatives
corˈnelling n. the making of embroidery with this machine.
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1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §407 Machinist, cornely or cornelly; cornelling machinist; cornely hand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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