running stitch

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   small, even, hand stitches run in and out

   Broadersewing stitch

Questions about running stitch

What does running stitch mean?

running stitch means "small, even, hand stitches run in and out".

Is running stitch a common word?

running 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.