English Explanatory Dictionary

whipstitch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
  2. A tailor.
  3. Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.
  4. A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
  5. Half-ploughing or raftering.
verb
  1. To sew using such a stitch.
  2. To half-plough or rafter.

Word forms

whipstitch whipstitches whipstitching whipstitched

Etymology

From whip + stitch.

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