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kettle stitches

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kettle stitch

–noun Bookbinding.
(in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.

Origin:
1810–20; part trans. of G Kettelstich, equiv. to Kettel little chain (dim. of Kette chain; OHG ketīna < L catēna) + Stich stitch; cf. chain
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