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kettle stitch

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noun Bookbinding.
(in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
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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) + Stichstitch; cf. chain
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