A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
The clevis of a pulley block.
A pocket in clothing.
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
Any space passed over; distance.
An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.
An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
The space between two double furrows.
A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
Any least part of a fabric or clothing.
A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
To form land into ridges.
To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.
To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.