hemstitch

hemstitch has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.
• n.. embroidery similar to drawnwork
• n.. a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups
• v.. sew with hemstitches; "hemstitch a sleeve"