needlewoman

American  

[need-l-woom-uhn] / ˈnid lˌwʊm ən /

noun

plural

needlewomen

1. a woman who does needlework.

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needlewoman British  

/ ˈniːdəlˌwʊmən /

noun

1. a woman who does needlework; seamstress

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Gender

See -woman.

Etymology

Origin of needlewoman

First recorded in 1605–15; needle + woman

Example Sentences

A needlewoman of extraordinary skill, she has made a lavishly embroidered silk purse out of the sow's ear of realism.

From Time Magazine Archive

The outline for the first series was based partly on the stories of Eileen's parents, an underbutler and a needlewoman in the Edwardian era, and partly by Jean's reading preferences.

From Time Magazine Archive

Guenever stitched away with the half-blank mind of a needlewoman, the other half of her brain moving idly among her troubles.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Needlecraft and embroidery she had learned from his wife; and she was an accomplished needlewoman.

From Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days by Marshall, Emma

Small must be the skill of the needlewoman who does not make this a very rampant animal indeed.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883