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maille à l’envers — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • purl noun A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.

Senses

maille à l’envers is used for these senses in English:

  • purl A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.

purl — full definition

  1. noun A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
  2. noun The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
  3. noun An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.