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Synonyms for crewel


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kroo-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkru əl

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Définition of crewel

Origin :
  • embroidery, 1590s, of unknown origin. Earliest usage is late 15c., as a name for a kind of thin, worsted yarn originally used in crewel work.
  • As in embroidery : noun fancy stitching
Example sentences :
  • The stitches just described were largely used in crewel work.
  • Extract from : « Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving » by Grace Christie
  • In point of furnishing it had not yet reached the "God bless our Home" stage in crewel.
  • Extract from : « On Horseback » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • As a matter of fact, the work is not tapestry at all, but crewel work.
  • Extract from : « Normandy » by G. E. Mitton
  • E 'it the onoffending turf a crewel blow, and there was a narsty crack. '
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch's Golf Stories » by Various
  • For 'arf the rarnd it stood the crewel strane and then it didn't break.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch's Golf Stories » by Various
  • Then the crewel work slipped off her lap, and Lady Kynaston slept.
  • Extract from : « Vera Nevill » by Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron
  • Even "Margaret, aged nine," delivered a soothing message to him in the faded blues of her crewel work.
  • Extract from : « The Ancient Law » by Ellen Glasgow
  • The medlar-like fruit is worked in Crewel stitch in bands of brown, stem lighter in shade.
  • Extract from : « Jacobean Embroidery » by Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam and A. F. Morris Hands
  • These were wrought with borders of crewelwork, and finished with elaborate thread and crewel fringes.
  • Extract from : « The Development of Embroidery in America » by Candace Wheeler
  • It is probable that in one form or another possessions of crewel embroidery were transported with them.
  • Extract from : « The Development of Embroidery in America » by Candace Wheeler
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