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crew⋅el

  [kroo-uhl]
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–noun
1. Also called crewel yarn. a worsted yarn for embroidery and edging.
2. crewelwork.
Origin:
1485–95; earlier crule; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
crew⋅el⋅ist, crew⋅el⋅er, noun
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crew·el   (krōō'əl)   
n.  Loosely twisted worsted yarn used for fancywork and embroidery.

[Middle English crule.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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crewel 
1598, "embroidery," of unknown origin. Earliest usage is 1494, as a name for a kind of thin, worsted yarn.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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