Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An embroidery stitch that produces a decorative zigzag line.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To ornament with feather-stitching.
- noun A stitch used in embroidery, producing a partial imitation of feathers by small branches or filaments that ramify from a main stem. In medieval embroidery it was called
opus plumarium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a centralrib . - verb To make stitches of this kind.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And when she found how neatly she could hemstitch and do such beautiful featherstitch, and darn, and read so plainly that it was a pleasure to listen to her, she had to admit that Hannah Ann was a real credit, and, she confessed in her secret heart, a very sweet little girl.
A Little Girl in Old New York Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873
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As it extended, I brought out a line of goods suitable for kings, and a nobby thing for duchesses and that sort, with ruffles down the forehatch and the running-gear clewed up with a featherstitch to leeward and then hauled aft with a back-stay and triced up with
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 4. Mark Twain 1872
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As it extended, I brought out a line of goods suitable for kings, and a nobby thing for duchesses and that sort, with ruffles down the forehatch and the running-gear clewed up with a featherstitch to leeward and then hauled aft with a back-stay and triced up with
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1872
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On the third day of her visits, when apparently occupied in learning how to do featherstitch for trimming baby's pinafores, Mrs. Peck looked up from her work, and asked Elsie if she did not come from ----- shire.
Mr. Hogarth's Will Catherine Helen Spence 1867
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Although Mrs. Goetz's chocolate-brown dress was embroidered with fancy black featherstitch, the outfit was gussied up with a long double strand of pearls.
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Although Mrs. Goetz's chocolate-brown dress was embroidered with fancy black featherstitch, the outfit was gussied up with a long double strand of pearls.
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