'Whipstitch' definitions:
Definition of 'whipstitch'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching]
Definition of 'Whipstitch'
From: GCIDE
- Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, n. [1913 Webster]
- 1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Agric.) The act or process of whipstitching. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Dial. or Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Whipstitch'
From: GCIDE
- Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, v. t.
- 1. (Agric.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]