longarm

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noun

A free-motion sewing machine with an extended arm and frame for holding large quilts.

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Meanings

longarm1

nounlongarm (plural longarms)

plural longarms

  1. businessA free-motion sewing machine with an extended arm and frame for holding large quilts.
  2. engineeringA long gun.
verblongarm (third-person singular simple present longarms, present participle longarming, simple past and past participle longarmed)

present singular third person longarms · participle present longarming · participle past longarmed · past longarmed

  1. intransitivetransitiveuncommonbusinessTo use a longarm machine in quilting.

Longarm2

proper noun
  1. A locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
long gun

Origin

From long + arm.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

longarm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longarm

MLA

“longarm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longarm. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “longarm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longarm.

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