Definition of "whipstitch" in Anglais

noun

1. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.

2. (derogatory, archaic) A tailor.

3. Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.

   • c. 1678, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe Where sold he bargains, "whip-stitch, kiss my arse", / Promised a play and dwindled to a farce?

4. (colloquial) A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.

5. (agriculture) Half-ploughing or raftering.

verb

1. To sew using such a stitch.

2. (agriculture) To half-plough or rafter.