needlepointn.
/ˈniːdlpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˈnid(ə)lˌpɔɪnt/ 1. Usually in form needle-point. The point of a needle; a fine sharp point. Also in extended use.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment > needle or stylus
stylus1879
needle1902
pin1911
needlepoint1929
sapphire1943
thorn needle1950
c1380 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 440 Euery mortal mannes power nys But lyk a bladdre ful of wynd..with a nedles point, whan it is blowe, May al the boost of it be leyd ful lowe.]
1590 Tarltons Newes out of Purgatorie 4 You come to a bridge, framed all of Needle points and ouer that must you passe bare footed.
1664 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Phancies 35 Like Needle points, whereon doth something stick, No way they make, having no force to prick.
a1791 F. Hopkinson Misc. Ess. (1792) III. 115 Nor these, nor yet th'exhilirating song, Or needle point of stimulating wit, Provoke to joy her ever anxious heart.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 672/2 The dust thrown off from the needlepoints and from the grindstone.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 502 To thrust the needle-points through..the centre of the opacity.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 5/2 Spires, domes, and needle-points of dolomite.
1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 444/2 The needle-armature is so light that the needle point actually feels its way along the record groove.
1949 B. Semeonoff Record Collecting v. 22 The term ‘tracking’ refers to the path traced by the needle-point as it travels inward towards the centre of a record.
1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage (1992) xv. 169 Sharpened to a needle-point, it would pierce the sole of a combat boot with the ease of a Q-tip going into Vaseline.
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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 > point of
needlepoint1699
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Needle-point, a Sharper.
3. More fully needlepoint lace. Lace made by hand rather than by using bobbins; = point lace n. and adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > needle or point
point1619
point lace1665
pointwork1683
needle lace1865
needlepoint1865
1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iii. 28 Lace is divided into point and pillow. The first is made by the needle on a parchment pattern, and termed needle point.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 189/2 A technical peculiarity in making needlepoint lace is that a single thread and needle are alone used to form the pattern.
1888 A. S. Cole tr. E. Lefébure Embroidery & Lace ii. iii. 289 These [scrolls] lacked the rich reliefs which abounded in the Venetian needlepoint designs of similar motifs.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 4/1 When next time we buy a Vandyke collar of Irish lace..or..a flounce of needle-point.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. facing p. 40 (caption) Jabot of needlepoint lace worked partly in relief, and usually known as ‘gros point de Venise’.
1929 Needlecraft Apr. 17/1 Long before pictures were used for wall-adornment, beautiful embroideries, brocades, needlepoint and tapestries were in vogue.
1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage ii. 39 This delicate embroidery with its contrasts of cut work, eyelets, fine needlepoint fillings, [etc.].
1990 Country Homes & Interiors Nov. 25/1 The walls of Decorative Textiles in Cheltenham..are lined with beautiful needlepoint and lace cushions which spill over on to the floor.
4. Originally U.S. Embroidery worked over canvas.
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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 > done on specific grounds
pall-workc1440
marli1821
needlepoint1925
1925 Internat. Studio 81 412/2 Needlepoint..is the generic term embracing both petit and gros point embroidery.
1942 D. G. Lent Needle Point as Hobby ii. 23 Needle point was used to cover furniture, to cushion stiff chairs and stools, to provide hangings for the walls, to shut out the cold draughts in bleak medieval castles.
1973 E. Wilson Embroidery Bk. (1975) ii. 113 It was some time during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that embroidery on canvas, or needlepoint as we know it today, began to develop.
1993 Ideal Home Sept. 76/4 Stretch the needlepoint into shape, securing it around the canvas border with drawing pins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
needlepointv.
/ˈniːdlpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˈnid(ə)lˌpɔɪnt/ North American.
transitive. To embroider (an article) using needlepoint; to embroider (a design) on canvas. Also intransitive.
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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 > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > embroider or ornament with sewing > in other ways
couchc1405
clock1521
nerve1532
re-embroider1659
herringbone1787
hem-stitcha1839
wavela1844
to lay on1880
darn1882
faggot1883
feather-stitch1884
overcast1891
clox1922
needlepoint1975
1975 Newsweek 31 Mar. 12 She flung her little Porthault hankie at Jack the cat, who sprang off the pillow Maisie had needle-pointed herself.
1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Feb. e1 Van Johnson was a favorite client who needlepointed Varney a pillow.
1993 W. Baldwin Hard to catch Mercy xi. 363 Mama, once again capable of needlepointing roses, felt any activity was better than none.
1993 Canad. Living June 156/1 To needlepoint on 14-count canvas, the objects are worked in basket weave and continental stitches.
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