chainstitch
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of chainstitch
First recorded in 1860–65; v. use of chain stitch
Example Sentences
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Hancock in 1868 received both a design patent and a mechanical patent now using the eye-pointed needle and a hook to form the chainstitch.
From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers
The patent covered the peculiar method of operating a spring-looper in combination with an eye-pointed needle to form a single chainstitch, but whether machines of this single-thread variety were manufactured is unknown.
From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers
This chainstitch machine is believed to have been made by the company that later became the Standard Shuttle Sewing Machine Company, when they began manufacturing lockstitch machines about 1874.
From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers
The machine used a straight needle to make a chainstitch.
From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers
Compared to other chainstitch machines the price was high, and the company was short-lived.
From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers
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