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backstitch

[bak-stich]
noun
  1. stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.
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verb (used with or without object)
  1. to sew by backstitch.
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Origin of backstitch

First recorded in 1605–15; back2 + stitch
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Examples from the Web for backstitch

Historical Examples

  • Backstitch across the bottom with a slanting line of stitches.

    Clothing and Health

    Helen Kinne

  • Here each little diamond is worked in simple outline stitch, and each square outlined with backstitch.

  • His machine was a short-thread model that made both the running stitch and the backstitch.

  • This is one of the few machines producing a backstitch or half backstitch to realize any commercial success.

  • Lap ends one-fourth inch and backstitch closely at each edge of flap.

    Make Your Own Hats

    Gene Allen Martin

British Dictionary definitions for backstitch

backstitch

noun
  1. a strong sewing stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle or beginning of the preceding one
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verb
  1. to sew using this stitch
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