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rope stitch
noun
- (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rope stitch1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
In effect it resembles rope-stitch, but it is more simply worked.
From Project Gutenberg
Begin as in rope stitch, keeping your thread in the same position.
From Project Gutenberg
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