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GARTER STITCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does garter stitch mean?
• GARTER STITCH (noun)
The noun GARTER STITCH has 1 sense:
1. a knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling one side)
Familiarity information: GARTER STITCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling one side)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("garter stitch" is a kind of...):
knitting stitch (a stitch taken in knitting)
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