Definition of hemstitch
English to English noun - a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups
source: WordNet 3.0 - embroidery similar to drawnwork
source: WordNet 3.0 verb - sew with hemstitches
Hemstitch a sleeve.
source: WordNet 3.0 - To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.
source: Webster 1913
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