petit point
Americannoun
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a small stitch used in embroidery.
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embroidery done on a canvas backing and resembling woven tapestry.
noun
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Also called: tent stitch. a small diagonal needlepoint stitch used for fine detail
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work done with such stitches, esp fine tapestry
Etymology
Origin of petit point
1880–85; < French: literally, small stitch
Example Sentences
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John Thomas Paradiso stitches pansies on leather in what looks like petit point.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2014
A young Chicago couple stared glumly at their living room wall, where a petit point sampler proclaimed "God Bless Fairchild Camera."
From Time Magazine Archive
Guenever was doing some petit point in the gloomy room, which she hated doing.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Guenever was twenty-two as she sat at her petit point and thought of Lancelot She was not half-way to her coffin, not ill even, and she only had six senses.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
When I went into the sitting room she was already in her chair, her left foot on the footstool, with its petit point cushion, roses in a basket.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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