split stitch

English

Noun

split stitch (plural split stitches)

  1. A stitch used in stem work to produce a fine line, often used in old church embroidery to work the hands and faces of figures.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for split stitch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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