embroidery needle

American  

noun

1. a needle with a long eye, used for embroidery and fine darning.

---

Etymology

Origin of embroidery needle

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

It was not until she was 76, when her arthritic hands could no longer hold an embroidery needle, that she started painting�just for something to do after the housework.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thereafter, when they attempt to go inward, they suggest not a scalpel but an embroidery needle.

From Time Magazine Archive

D. Denton Deere, patting Angela's hand in his best bedside manner, pricked his finger on her embroidery needle.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

Instead of watching the eastern horizon he watched Mrs. Courtland ply her embroidery needle or bead-work loom, preparing for the Christmas now so near at hand.

From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

For the fine one you may use a sewing-needle, for the coarser one a medium embroidery needle, both set in wood so that the points project about a quarter of an inch.

From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime