satin stitch

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   flat stitches worked so closely as to resemble satin

   Broadersewing stitch

Questions about satin stitch

What does satin stitch mean?

satin stitch means "flat stitches worked so closely as to resemble satin".

Is satin stitch a common word?

satin 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.