ladder stitch

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noun

an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.

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Origin of ladder stitch

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby ladder stitch

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How to use ladder stitch in a sentence

Ladder-stitch occurs in the cusped shapes framing certain flowers in Illustration 72, embroidered all in blue silk on linen.
Art in Needlework|Lewis F. Day
In order to make your ladder-stitch (G) square at the end, you begin by making a bar of the width the stitch is to be.
Art in Needlework|Lewis F. Day
The embroidery is worked in button-hole stitch, overcast, satin, and ladder stitch.
Beeton's Book of Needlework|Isabella Beeton
A border in open ladder stitch is worked round them (see No. 81, Embroidery Instructions).
Beeton's Book of Needlework|Isabella Beeton

Any design that is uniformly narrow can be carried out in ladder-stitch.
The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft|Effie Archer Archer