kettle stitch

noun Bookbinding.

(in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.

Nearby words

kettle, kettle base, kettle hat, kettle hole, kettle of fish, kettle stitch, kettle-bottom, kettledrum, ketubah, keturah, ketuvim

Origin of kettle stitch

1810–20; part translation of German Kettelstich, equivalent to Kettel little chain (diminutive of Kette chain; Old High German ketīna < Latin catēna) + Stich stitch; cf. chain

Examples from the Web for kettle stitch

This is called the kettle-stitch, a word said to be a corruption of either catch-up stitch or chain stitch.
Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries|John Cotton Dana