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needlepoint

[ need-l-point ]

noun

  1. embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.


adjective

  1. done or executed in needlepoint:

    a needlepoint cushion.

  2. noting a lace needlepoint lace in which a needle works out the design upon parchment or paper.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to execute or create in needlepoint:

    to needlepoint an evening bag; to needlepoint as a hobby.

needlepoint

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noun

  1. embroidery done on canvas with the same stitch throughout so as to resemble tapestry
  2. another name for point lace
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Origin of needlepoint1

First recorded in 1690–1700; needle + point
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Example Sentences

During an art residency last year in a former castle in the Umbrian countryside, the textile artist Liz Collins sat in her temporary studio stitching a needlepoint.

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She gave the actor a “beautiful needlepoint pillow†and they’ve spoken over the phone about their favorite cop shows.

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The two also became business partners, opening a needlepoint shop on the Upper East Side called 2 Needles.

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Zoe Kurland: Even though the Troy School was different, these learned women still found themselves graduating into a world where they would be expected to cook and clean and needlepoint and smell nice and whatever.

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“It Is About the Weight,†proclaims a cushion stitched in needlepoint by Berlin.

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