WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ket′tle stitch′, [Bookbinding.]
  1. Printing(in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
  • Latin catēna) + Stich stitch; compare chain
  • 1810–20; part translation of German Kettelstich, equivalent. to Kettel little chain (diminutive of Kette chain; Old High German ketīna

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