overcasting
Americannoun
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the act of sewing along the edges of material with long, spaced stitches to prevent raveling.
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the stitch used to overcast.
Etymology
Origin of overcasting
Example Sentences
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John Goodman can do the oaky solidity, but perhaps might be overcasting.
From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2012
Stitching makes a stronger book than the old-fashioned whipstitching but cannot compare in strength with the modern overcasting.
From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low
With all the power of light from the clouds, there was an overcasting of the gloom of evening, a twilight upon the hills.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell
It was bright and clear still, though the morning was overcasting a little, as we passed through the meadows.
From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
The modern overcasting stitch resembles in principle the old-fashioned whipstitching, but differs radically in actual performance.
From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low
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