whipstitch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
    whipping; whipstitching.

WordNet


Whip"stitch` noun
Definitions
  1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
  2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. R. Dryden.
  3. (Agric.) The act or process of whipstitching.
Whip"stitch` transitive verb
Definitions
  1. (Agric.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. Eng.

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