stitchery
(ˈstɪtʃərɪ)
[f. stitch v.1 or stitcher: see -ery 2. (App. coined by Shakes.)]
Needlework.
| 1607 Shakes. Cor. i. iii. 75 Come, lay aside your stitchery. 1780 C. Burney in Early Diary F. Burney (1889) II. 289, I have really been so hard fag'd with stitchery in new rigging papa's old shifets (as Mrs. Market calls em). 1897 L. F. Day Windows (1909) 145 As well might the needlewoman go to a glazier to design her stitchery. |