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ladder stitch

noun

  1. an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ladder stitch1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Navy blue full skirt with ladder stitch hem letting the light in.

Ornamental Ladder Stitch.—The stitches are to be set on in elevens.

The outlines are embroidered in overcast stitch or double overcast; the material is cut away underneath the ladder stitch between the outlines.

The embroidery is worked in button-hole stitch, overcast, satin, and ladder stitch.

Illustration 121 is a variety of the slanting ladder stitch.

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