An embroidery or crochet stitch resembling a chain.
链状绣；链状针法；链式线迹
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Currently a chain stitch is used in all flat felled machines, a stitch similar to that used on a sack of potatoes.
The Lambanis create a rich appearance by filling the background with simple chain stitch, herringbone, long and short stitches.
The former featured bold and colorful designs worked with silk threads on cotton grounds, often executed in minute chain stitches using a hand-held hooked awl.
It is of white cotton, embroidered in typically Gujarati chain stitch in brilliantly coloured silk.
Definition of chain stitch in US English:
chain stitch
nounˈCHān ˌstiCH
An ornamental stitch in which loops are crocheted or embroidered in a chain.
Example sentencesExamples
The Lambanis create a rich appearance by filling the background with simple chain stitch, herringbone, long and short stitches.
Currently a chain stitch is used in all flat felled machines, a stitch similar to that used on a sack of potatoes.
It is of white cotton, embroidered in typically Gujarati chain stitch in brilliantly coloured silk.
The former featured bold and colorful designs worked with silk threads on cotton grounds, often executed in minute chain stitches using a hand-held hooked awl.