knitting needle
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noun
either of two types of instruments used for hand knitting: a straight rod of steel, wood, plastic, etc., pointed at one or both ends, used in pairs, or a single curved, flexible rod with two pointed ends.
any of various needlelike devices used in machine knitting.
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Origin of knitting needle
First recorded in 1590–1600
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for knitting needle
Historical Examples of knitting needle
Its nectary tube is five inches in length, and as slender as a knitting-needle.
My Studio NeighborsWilliam Hamilton Gibson
What did the fly feel when he saw the knitting-needle coming?
They carried everything in stock from a bar of iron to a knitting-needle.
A Man of SamplesWm. H. Maher
He takes a pellet of the black, treacly stuff on the end of a knitting-needle.
From Sea to SeaRudyard Kipling
Wherever a knitting-needle can pass, the parent moth can enter.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)Mrs. F.L. Gillette