lock stitch


lock·stitch

also lock stitch L5237800 (lŏk′stĭch′)n. A stitch made on a sewing machine by interlocking the upper thread and the bobbin thread.

lock stitch

n (Knitting & Sewing) a sewing-machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread

lock′ stitch`

or lock′stitch`,


n. a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals. [1860–65]