Meanings
alternative bread-stitch
- archaicdatedembroideryA kind of old embroidery stitch, giving the same pattern on both sides of the cloth.
1 more example
Nor doe I derogate (in any case) Or doe esteeme of other teachings base, For Tent-worke, Raisd-work, Laid-worke, Frost-worke, Net-worke, Most curious Purles, or rare Italian Cut-worke,Fine Ferne-stitch, Finny-stitch, New-stitch, and Chain-stitch, Brave Bred-stitch, Fisher-stitch, Irish-stitch, and Queen-stitch,
1631, John Taylor, The Praise of the Needle
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