Backstitch Definition

băkstĭch
noun
A stitch made by inserting the needle at the midpoint of a preceding stitch so that the stitches overlap by half lengths on the back of the fabric and appear continuous on the front.
American Heritage
A stitch made by doubling the thread back on part of the previous stitch.
Webster's New World

(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.

Wiktionary
verb
To sew with backstitches.
Webster's New World

To sew with a backstitch.

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Other Word Forms of Backstitch

Noun

Singular:
backstitch
Plural:
backstitches

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