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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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Nearby words

  1. kettle,
  2. kettle base,
  3. kettle hat,
  4. kettle hole,
  5. kettle of fish,
  6. kettle-bottom,
  7. kettledrum,
  8. ketubah,
  9. keturah,
  10. 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
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