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Definition of Crewel
1. n. Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
Definition of Crewel
1. Noun. Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crewel
1. a woolen yarn [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crewel
Literary usage of Crewel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Art in Needlework: A Book about Embroidery by Lewis Foreman Day, Mary Buckle (1907)
"For work in the hand, crewel-STITCH is perhaps, on the whole, the easiest and
most useful of ... crewel-STITCH proper is shown at A on the sampler opposite, ..."
2. The History of English Secular Embroidery by Margaret Jourdain (1912)
"Descriptive terms for various stitches.—Purl embroidery.— Spangles. — Embroidered
books. — Embroidered gloves. — crewel hangings of the seventeenth century. ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"crewel-work is a kind of embroidery in fine worsted or silk. See EMBROIDERY.
Crewkerne, a market-town of Somersetshire, in the fertile valley of the Parret, ..."
4. The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Work-table: Containing (1885)
"It is not advisable to wind crewel, or embroidery silk ; the skein should be ...
The till Its mostly employed are embroidery silk, crewel embroidery silk, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"crewel lace, a kind of edging made of crewel or worsted thread, ... A kind of
embroidery done with crewel usually upon linen, the foundation forming the ..."
6. The House and Home: A Practical Book by Lyman Abbott (1896)
"Thread your needle with a strand of crewel about half the length of the skein ;
without knotting it, work the edge of a petal in stitches forming a close ..."
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