overstitch

[noun oh-ver-stich; verb oh-ver-stich]Sewing.

noun

a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.

verb (used with or without object)

to sew with overstitches.

Origin of overstitch

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Better have made one a good master fashioner, like old Overstitch, of Holderness.
The Monastery
Sir Walter Scott