back-stitchn.
/ˈbakˌstɪtʃ/ A method of sewing in which, for every new stitch, the needle enters behind, and comes out in front of, the end of the previous one.
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back-stitch1611
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Arriere-poinct, a backe-stitch. Arriere-poincté, backe-stitched.
1640 J. Taylor Praise of Needle Whip-stitch, Back-stitch, and the Cross-stitch.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Comic Tales II. 152 The younger ones learned the principles of back-stitch, cross-stitch, bob-stitch.
Derivatives
backstitch v. to sew in this way.
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1720 London Gaz. No. 5868/9 A piece of Holland Back-stitched with a Heart.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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