Synonyms for crewel
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kroo-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkru əl |
Top 10 synonyms for crewel Other synonyms for the word crewel
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
- 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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