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Definition of 'backstitch'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) backstitch
stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.

2. (v.i.) backstitch
to sew by backstitch.

Etymology: (1605–15)

Definition of 'backstitch'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) backstitch
an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one

2. (verb) backstitch
do backstitches

Definition of 'backstitch'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) backstitch
a stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end

2. (verb) backstitch
to sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam

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