Definition of "hemstitching" [hemstitching]

• Present participle of hemstitch. (verb)

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• "He had been finely striped from nape to knees with something like a coachwhip, the weals crisscrossing neatly like hemstitching."
• "Female academies, devoted to teaching the arts of hemstitching, needlework, and refined manners, were also founded by religious bodies, though attended by all who could find time and tuition."
• "No, there were only, as I recall, five or six girls sitting around a table in one room — they were hemstitching — and I was measuring linen. [unknown] And we were not permitted to go into the rest of the place, but I could hear and see a few other girls weaving."