Usually means: Sewing technique for reinforcing seams.
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  1. backstitch: Merriam-Webster
  2. backstitch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backstitch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backstitch: Collins English Dictionary
  5. backstitch: Vocabulary.com
  6. backstitch: Wordnik
  7. backstitch: Wiktionary
  8. backstitch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. backstitch: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Backstitch, backstitch: Dictionary.com
  11. Backstitch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Backstitch: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. backstitch: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. backstitch: Rhymezone
  15. Backstitch: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. backstitch: FreeDictionary.org
  17. backstitch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. backstitch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. backstitch: Merriam-Webster

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Popular Cross Stitch Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backstitch)

noun:  (sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.
verb:  To sew with a backstitch.

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