back-stitch
(ˈbækˌstɪtʃ)
[f. back adv.]
A method of sewing in which, for every new stitch, the needle enters behind, and comes out in front of, the end of the previous one. Hence backstitch v., to sew in this way.
| 1611 Cotgr., Arriere-poinct, a backe-stitch. Arriere-poincté, backe-stitched. 1640 J. Taylor (Water P.) Praise Needle, Whip-stitch, Back-stitch, and the Cross-stitch. 1720 Lond. Gaz. No. 5868/9 A piece of Holland Back-stitched with a Heart. 1841 Thackeray Comic Tales II. 152 The younger ones learned the principles of back-stitch, cross-stitch, bob-stitch. |