Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for cable-stitch. Search instead for dissolvable stitches.

cable-stitch

American  
[key-buhl-stich] / ˈkeɪ bəlˌstɪtʃ /

noun

  1. a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.

  2. the pattern produced by a cable-stitch.

verb (used without object)

  1. to produce such a stitch or pattern.

cable stitch British  

noun

  1. Sometimes shortened to: cable. 

    1. a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope

    2. ( as modifier )

      a cable-stitch sweater
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cable-stitch

First recorded in 1885–90

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.