backstitch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
  2. verb do backstitches

WordNet

Back"stitch` noun
Etymology
Back, adv. + stitch.
Definitions
  1. A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.
Back"stitch` intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.

Webster 1913