单词 | hand-sewn |
释义 | > as lemmashand-sewn hand-sewn adj. ΚΠ 1849 Caledonian Mercury 15 Oct. Richly Embroidered (hand-sewn) Dresses. 1914 Amer. Stationer 25 July 26/2 Hand-sewn books are tight and firm, but many machine-sewn books are wobbly. 2006 New Yorker 24 Apr. 66/2 Fanciful stilt-walkers and dancers wearing hand-sewn headdresses. hand-sewn a. Stitched, fastened by means of sewing. Chiefly with prefix, as hand-sewn, machine-sewn. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > stitched or sewn beseweda800 steeked1503 sewed1585 sutured1777 sewn1866 machine-sewed1897 machine-sewn1913 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 645 The operator, who keeps drawing the sewn cloth off at the eye-end of the needle. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 73 Sewn Ornament Maker. 1895 Hasluck's Boot Making iii. 57 Shoemakers call all work sewn that is treated with a round awl; while stitching is only technically applied where the square awl is used. < as lemmas |
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