单词 | eyelet stitch |
释义 | > as lemmaseyelet stitch eyelet stitch n. Needlework a stitch used to work eyelets; an ornamental stitch derived from this, in which stitches are placed so as to radiate from a central point (see also quot. 1909). ΚΠ 1849 E. H. Melville & C. Norton Resid. at Sierra Leone xxiii. 196 That particular stitch known to all little girls who have mastered their first sampler as ‘eyelet stitch’. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Eyelet-stitch, in sewing-machine work, the method of placing the stitches in radial lines round an eyelet-hole or over a metal reinforcing ring or eyelet. 1960 B. L. Snook Eng. Hist. Embroidery 53 Other shirts..have four-sided stitch and eyelet stitch on the front opening. 2003 J. Gillow Afr. Textiles 144/2 The use of eyelet stitch, giving a chequerboard effect, is very characteristic of Algiers work. < as lemmas |
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