Definitions for kettle-stitch

kettle-stitch kettle stitch

Kettle-Stitch is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 432 anagrams from letters in kettle-stitch (-ceehiklstttt).

Definitions for kettle-stitch

noun

  1. (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.

Origin of kettle-stitch

1810-20; part translation of German Kettelstich, equivalent to Kettel little chain (diminutive of Kette chain; Old High German ketīna Latin catēna) + Stich stitch;

Examples for kettle-stitch

The saw-cuts at the kettle stitch are less deep and quite narrow; they only mark the place where the thread is to pass in and out.

“kettle stitch,” catch stitch formed in sewing at the head and tail.

Word Value for kettle-stitch
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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