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Definition of Backstitch

1. Noun. An overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one.

Definition of Backstitch

1. n. A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

2. v. t. To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.

Definition of Backstitch

1. Noun. (sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat. ¹

2. Verb. To sew with a backstitch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Backstitch

1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backstitch

Literary usage of Backstitch

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

1. Scientific Sewing and Garment Cutting: For Use in Schools and in the Home by Louise M. Heller, Antoinette Prudence [Van Hoesen] Wakeman, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana (1898)
"THE backstitch. The second stitch in the first model is the backstitch. ... Ans. The backstitch. Why is it called the backstitch ? ..."

2. School Needlework. A Course of Study in Sewing Designed for Use in Schools by Olive C. Hapgood (1893)
"RUNNING AND A backstitch. Running and a backstitch consists of two or more running stitches and a backstitch, taken alternately. Materials. — No. ..."

3. School Needlework: A Course of Study in Sewing Designed for Use in Schools by Olive C. Hapgood (1893)
"Running and a backstitch consists of two or more running stitches and a ... Take one backstitch. 4. Repeat, which will cause every third and fourth stitch ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"backstitch, sb. and va 'A method of ornamenting wristbands, collars of shirts, &c., ... She's going to do me a collar in backstitch.' ' I'll backstitch that ..."

5. The Measurement of Certain Elements of Hand Sewing by Katharine Murdoch (1919)
"Turn a quarter of an inch hem on the six-inch edge farthest from the backstitch and 5. Baste for three inches. Do not remove bastings from finished work. 6. ..."

6. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"backstitch, sb. and va 'A method of ornamenting wristbands, collars of shirts, &c., ... She's going to do me a collar in backstitch.' ' I'll backstitch that ..."

7. Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1916)
"This is because the next stitch is to be backwards — a backstitch to cover half the space. FIG. 25. — A new stitch called the running and back stitch. ..."

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