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Definition of Embroidery needle
1. Noun. A long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embroidery Needle
Literary usage of Embroidery needle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Latin-American Year Book for Investors and Merchants for 1918- (1920)
"Lingerie with embroidery, needle-work, laces or silk; 2.20,.—Layettes with or
without silk ribbons or laces; collars and cuffs with embroidery, needle-work ..."
2. A Handbook for Sewing School Teachers (1893)
"7 embroidery needle, No. 8 Plain sewing needle, No. 5 Rope silk, brown, Wash
silk, gold color. White crash, 7x7 inches. THE embroidery needle is used for ..."
3. School Needlework. A Course of Study in Sewing Designed for Use in Schools by Olive C. Hapgood (1893)
"An embroidery needle, embroidery silk, and a piece of flannel. Fig. 97.— Showing
embroidery knot No. I, and the needle in position. Embroidery knot No. 1. ..."
4. The Drygoodsman's Handy Dictionary by Frank Manning Adams (1912)
"embroidery needle.—A needle used for embroidery purposes. Embroidery Silk.—Anything
in that great class of silk threads made especially for embroidery ..."
5. School Needlework: A Course of Study in Sewing Designed for Use in Schools by Olive C. Hapgood (1893)
"An embroidery needle, embroidery silk, and a piece of flannel. broidery knot No.
I, Embroidery knot No. 1.— i. Holding the flannel over the left forefinger, ..."
6. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, John O'Donovan, Eugene O'Curry, William Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, William Maunsell Hennessy, Robert Atkinson (1901)
"... except the embroidery needle, for if it be this, it is the value of an ounce
of silver she shall have as the interest of her needle ; but she shall not ..."
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