Whipstitch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whipstitch is a noun meaning A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
Meaning
A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
More Meanings
- (derogatory, archaic) A tailor.
- Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.
- (colloquial) A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
- (agriculture) Half-ploughing or raftering.
- To sew using such a stitch.
- (agriculture) To half-plough or rafter.
Example Sentences
c. 1678, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe Where sold he bargains, "whip-stitch, kiss my arse", / Promised a play and dwindled to a farce?
Word Forms
- whipstitches
- whipstitching
- whipstitched
Synonyms for whipstitch
Depending on context, synonyms include whipping, whipstitching.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whipping, stabstitch, stitch, cross-stitch, overseam, slipstitch.
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