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noun

Chain stitch n.

An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

(Machine Sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.

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Etymology of 'Chain stitch'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chain stitch" Quotes from Famous Books

... arguments tend. Meanwhile, note how much reason a statesman has to pause before meddling with an institution which, unendurable as its drawbacks are, threatens to come to pieces in all directions if a single thread of it be cut. Ibsen's similitude of the machine- made chain stitch, which unravels the whole seam at the first pull when a single stitch is ripped, is very applicable to the ...

— Getting Married • George Bernard Shaw

... Collar.—Make a chain about one-third longer than the outside of your paper pattern, turn and work the first row along the chain in long crochet, making a chain stitch after each long one, and missing the corresponding loop of ...

— The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 • Unknown

Words linked to "Chain stitch" : sewing stitch, embroidery stitch, lazy daisy stitch