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LOCKSTITCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lockstitch mean?
• LOCKSTITCH (noun)
The noun LOCKSTITCH has 1 sense:
1. machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread
Familiarity information: LOCKSTITCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lockstitch" is a kind of...):
machine stitch; sewing-machine stitch (a sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one thread)
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