Home › Words › F › featherstitchfeatherstitchfeatherstitch means A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.EtymologyFrom feather + stitch.nounA kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.verbTo make stitches of this kind.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hemstitch 65% match — An embroidery stitch in which parallel threads are drawn together in groups, which may be purely decorative or used on the warp threads of handwoven cloth to prevent unraveling. vs featherstitch →edgestitch 65% match — One of a line of small stitches sewn close to an edge of a garment, either as decoration or to prevent fraying. vs featherstitch →blindstitch 64% match — To work in blind stitches. vs featherstitch →embroider 64% match — To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours. vs featherstitch →featherlet 63% match — A little feather. vs featherstitch →stitchery 63% match — fine work done by stitching vs featherstitch →featherwork 63% match — The working of feathers into a cultural artifact. vs featherstitch →feathering 63% match — Plumage. vs featherstitch →