blanket stitch

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   a strong reinforcing stitch for edges of blanket and other thick material; similar to buttonhole stitch

   Broadersewing stitch

Questions about blanket stitch

What does blanket stitch mean?

blanket stitch means "a strong reinforcing stitch for edges of blanket and other thick material; similar to buttonhole stitch".

Is blanket stitch a common word?

blanket stitch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.