ladder stitch

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ladder stitch

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Illustration 121 is a variety of the slanting ladder stitch.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

The embroidery is worked in button-hole stitch, overcast, satin, and ladder stitch.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

The outlines are embroidered in overcast stitch or double overcast; the material is cut away underneath the ladder stitch between the outlines.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)