Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

felled seam

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
felled seam
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.

Inflected Forms

felled seams (plural)

Synonyms

flat-fell seam flat-felled seam fell

Questions

What does felled seam mean?
A seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.

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