saddle stitch

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   a decorative overcast or running stitch, especially in a contrasting color

   Broadersewing stitch

Questions about saddle stitch

What does saddle stitch mean?

saddle stitch means "a decorative overcast or running stitch, especially in a contrasting color".

Is saddle stitch a common word?

saddle 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.