featherstitch

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noun

A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.

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Meanings

nounfeatherstitch (plural featherstitches)

plural featherstitches

  1. A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.
verbfeatherstitch (third-person singular simple present featherstitches, present participle featherstitching, simple past and past participle featherstitched)

present singular third person featherstitches · participle present featherstitching · participle past featherstitched · past featherstitched

  1. To make stitches of this kind.

Origin

From feather + stitch.

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APA

featherstitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/featherstitch

MLA

“featherstitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/featherstitch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “featherstitch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/featherstitch.

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