|
|
Definition of Needleworker
1. Noun. Someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle.
Generic synonyms: Maker, Shaper
Definition of Needleworker
1. Noun. One who carries out needlework. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Needleworker
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Needleworker
Literary usage of Needleworker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report (1906)
"There is great fascination in coaxing harmonies from the color palette of the
needleworker and just as surely, as the master of the brush controls his color ..."
2. Art in Great Britain and Ireland by Walter Armstrong (1909)
"... the illuminator, the glass painter, the needleworker, even the statue maker,
practised in this country hardly less successfully than elsewhere. ..."
3. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages: A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison (1908)
"... Penne fit me" (Penne made me), pointing to the existence of a needleworker of
that name. Among the names of the fourteenth century are those of Gautier ..."
4. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"35:3à. manner of work,., .and of the embroiderer, 36:37.an hanging...of
needlework; (marg. the work of a needleworker, or, embroiderer) 38:la.the hanging ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"... now yellowed with age; there are some twenty-seven distinct designs, and the
whole would form a very useful guide and reminder to the needleworker. ..."
6. Trades' Societies and Strikes by Committee on Trades' Societies (1860)
"1 hope Punch will visit them next week. No. 79 to 85." " Shame on No. 108.
Little Dumpy, :v needleworker from London, won't pay ! No. ..."
7. The Bibliographer (1882)
"... needleworker embroidering a stuff in her lap—in another embroidery in a frame
is being done—and another is devoted to a weaver and her loom. ..."
8. Examples of Industrial Education by Frank Mitchell Leavitt (1912)
"and housekeeping, domestic science and art, and the designing and executing of
the artistic products of the needleworker ..."
Other Resources:
