whipstitch

Meanings

Noun

• A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
• A tailor.
• Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.
• A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
• Half-ploughing or raftering.

Verb

• To sew using such a stitch.
• To half-plough or rafter.

Origin

• whip + stitch