darningn.
/ˈdɑːnɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action or process of filling up a hole in a fabric with thread or yarn in interwoven stitches; the result of such mending.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] > mending fabric or clothing
darning1611
fine-drawing1688
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > repairing or mending
darning1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rentraicture,..a dearning.
1720 London Gaz. No. 5868/9 1 long Muslin Apron..the middle flourished with Sprigs of true Darning.
1882 I. Mayo Mrs. Raven's Temptation I. 211 Charity usually did her darnings and mendings in her own apartment.
1886 B. C. Saward in Housewife I. iv. 109/1 To understand grafting, patching, Swiss darning, ladder darning, and corner darning, as well as plain darning.
b. figurative (= ‘Threading’ one's way in and out.)
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > between obstacles
darning1881
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > zig-zag > between obstacles
darning1881
1881 E. H. Hunt Children at Jerusalem 114 Phœbe..made her way by a darning process up to..the official dignitary.
c. Embroidering with darning-stitch; also = darning-stitch.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery > action of
sprigging1714
squiggling1804
wheeling1808
veining1814
darning1882
saddle stitching1902
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
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 148/1 The embroidery is done in Satin stitch or in plain Darning.
1930 tr. T. de Dillmont Encycl. Needlework (rev. ed.) 519 Close ground-work of darning and little wheels.
2. Articles darned or to be darned.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] > mending fabric or clothing > articles for darning
darning1894
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > repairing or mending > articles for
darning1894
1894 N.E.D. at Darning Mod. The week's darning lay on the table.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
darning-cotton n.
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1811 J. Austen Let. 20 Apr. (1995) 181 She is in want of chimney lights for Tuesday;—& I, of an ounce of darning cotton.
1876 J. S. Ingram Centennial Exposition x. 347 The top..could be removed for the insertion of a ball of darning-cotton into the swell of the ‘darner’.
darning wool n.
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1912 A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns & Other Stories 61 I've made this bouquet for you... You must excuse it being tied up with darning wool.
1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 178/2 Darning wool is better slightly finer than that of which the knitted garment was made.
darning work n.
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1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. i. 264 The gouty Joints and Darning-work..by which, complicated Periods are so curiously strung, or hook'd on, one to another.
C2.
darning-ball n.
darning-egg n. = darning-ball n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > that over which fabric is darned
darner1895
darning-egg1897
mushroom1931
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 335/3 Our woman's tool set consists of..one pinking iron, one darning egg, [etc.].
1925 E. Glasgow Barren Ground iii. ii. 410 Dorinda..slipped her darning-egg into one of Nathan's socks.
1956 K. Hulme Nun's Story iv. 62 The lean self-abnegating face bent over a darning egg.
darning-last n. an egg-shaped or spherical piece of wood, ivory or other hard substance, over which a fabric is stretched while being darned.
darning-machine n. a machine for darning stockings, clothes, etc. (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. a1884).
darning-needle n. (a) a long and stout needle used in darning; (b) (see devil's darning-needle n., Compounds 3c).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > needle > types of
pack-needle1327
packing needle1597
Whitechapel needle1737
quadrille1818
blunt1833
sharps1834
darning-needle1848
between1849
ground-down1862
straw1862
darner1882
wool-needle1882
stocking needle1886
swing needle1954
1848 A. Smith Idler upon Town 54 This case..containing two bodkins and a darning needle.
darning-stitch n. (a) a stitch used in darning which imitates the texture of the fabric darned; (b) a straight stitch used in embroidery to make a regular open-work pattern.
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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 > 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
1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 27 Darning stitch is used to restore old embroideries.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 148/2 Fillings for the centre of any designs that are not worked in Satin or Darning stitch.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 149/1 Darn the thick lines up and down in Point de Reprise or plain Darning stitch.
1934 M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 72 Darning Stitch is really a long running or tacking stitch, the difference being that in darning used for decoration, only one thread of the material is picked up with each stitch.
1934 M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 73 Darning Stitch..is also used in pattern darning.
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