Meanings
plural felled seams
- businessA seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.
Synonyms: flat-fell seam, flat-felled seam
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.
More synonyms by meaning
nounseam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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felled seam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/felled%20seam
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