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Definition of Drawing string

1. Noun. A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening. "He pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawing String

Literary usage of Drawing string

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. When Mother Lets Us Sew by Virginia Ralston (1910)
"One-half inch above the hem set a narrow bias fold, to make a casing for the drawing string to gather in the fullness. Turn under the raw edges of bias fold ..."

2. Ice-pack and Tundra: An Account of the Search for the Jeannette and a Sledge by William Henry Gilder (1883)
"The trousers of the men are made to fit tight to the leg and extend to the ankle, where there is a drawing string to close them tightly over the stockings. ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"A very decided feeling around the cervix, like a tense drawing string, was noticed. ... The drawing-string feeling was still very pro nounced. ..."

4. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1888)
"The best pattern of a winter night-dress is a long, plain slip, with a drawing-string at the bottom to prevent exposure of the feet and limbs, ..."

5. Hygiene of the Nursery: Including the General Regimen and Feeding of Infants by Louis Starr (1906)
"The best pattern of a winter nightgown is a long, plain slip, with a drawing string at the bottom, to prevent exposure of the feet and limbs, ..."

6. Diseases of the Digestive Organs in Infancy and Childhood: With Chapters on by Louis Starr (1901)
"The best pattern of a winter night-dress is a long, plain slip, with a drawing-string at the bottom to prevent exposure of the feet and limbs, ..."

7. Vision: A Magazine for Youth (1890)
"With doubled silk run a drawing-string round the handkerchief just outside ... Tie a narrow ribbon over the drawing-string and catch down the corners of the ..."

8. Diseases of the digestive organs in infancy and chilhood: With Chapters on by Louis Starr (1886)
"The best pattern of a winter night-dress is a long, plain slip, with a drawing-string at the bottom, to prevent exposure of the feet and limbs, ..."

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