tacking
- noun
- /ˈtækɪŋ/
- Specialized
- Before final stitching, she secured the layers of fabric with temporary tacking stitches.
Examples
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The tailor used small tacking stitches to hold the pieces together while sewing the dress.
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It's too bad the original tacking edges were lost, but so it goes.
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This canvas is tacking edge was really really weak.
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Four weeks' blind tacking is forever, Mr. Fryer.
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At first, she had wondered how all the odd pieces of material with the long white tacking stitches would ever become a coat, but gradually it began to take shape.
Fiction book (1997) -
Two or three tacking sutures of 4-0 plain or chromic gut hold the flap in place.
Academic text (2007) -
He removed the tacking stitches after ensuring the alignment was perfect for the final seam.
Synonyms
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6.3
A loose temporary stitch that holds fabric pieces before final sewing
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7.0
A long loose temporary stitch that holds fabric layers before final sewing
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7.0
A loose temporary stitch that holds fabric before final sewing
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Etymology
Tacking in sewing comes from the verb tack, which means 'to fasten' or hold things quickly, like with a pin. So tacking is the quick, temporary stitching that keeps layers of cloth in place until the final seam.