Definition of "hemming-stitch" []

• A stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "The teacher should review briefly the method of making the hemming-stitch and the running-stitch, asking the pupils to describe these stitches and to demonstrate them on the large square of canvas before the class."
• "The basted hems should then be sewed with the hemming-stitch."
• "Both edges should be neatly sewn with the hemming-stitch by hand or on the machine."