Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In sewing-machine work, a method of stitching with a coarse thread designed to give to the fabric an ornamental finish resembling braid.
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Examples
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The braid-stitch shown at F on the sampler (Illustration 17) is worked as follows, horizontally from right to left.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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A yet more fanciful variety of braid-stitch (G on the sampler,
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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