Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In embroidery, a kind of work in which the separate stitches are laid diagonally side by side so as to produce the appearance of a rope or twist.
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Examples
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In effect it resembles rope-stitch, but it is more simply worked.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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A single sampler is devoted to ROPE and KNOTTED STITCHES, more nearly akin than they look, for rope-stitch is all but knotted as it is worked.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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