featherstitch
English
Etymology
feather + stitch
Noun
featherstitch (plural featherstitches)
- A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.
Verb
featherstitch (third-person singular simple present featherstitches, present participle featherstitching, simple past and past participle featherstitched)
- To make stitches of this kind.