purl stitch

purl stitch

noun

Definition of PURL STITCH

: a knitting stitch usually made with the yarn at the front of the work by inserting the right needle into the front of a loop on the left needle from the right, catching the yarn with the right needle, and bringing it through to form a new loop — compare knit stitch

Origin of PURL STITCH

¹purl

First Known Use: 1852

Rhymes with PURL STITCH

backstitch, bewitch, Bowditch, chain stitch, cross-stitch, enrich, fast-pitch, fast-twitch, flame stitch, half hitch, hemstitch, jock itch, lockstitch, knit stitch, last-ditch, slow-pitch, slow-twitch, tent stitch, topstitch, unhitch, whipstitch, wild pitch