'Hemstitch' definitions:
Definition of 'hemstitch'
From: WordNet
noun
A stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups [syn: hemstitch, hemstitching]
noun
Embroidery similar to drawnwork
verb
Sew with hemstitches; "hemstitch a sleeve"
Definition of 'Hemstitch'
From: GCIDE
- Hemstitch \Hem"stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemstitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hemstitching.] [Hem + stitch.] 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. [1913 Webster]