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flat-felled seam

flat-felled seam
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flat-feld]
    • /ˈflætˌfɛld/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flat-feld]
    • /ˈflætˌfɛld/

Definition of flat-felled seam words

  • noun flat-felled seam a seam on the face of a garment, as on the outside of the legs of blue jeans, made by overlapping or interlocking one seam allowance with the other and top-stitching them together onto the garment with two parallel rows of stitches. 1

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Origin of flat-felled seam

First appearance:

before 1935
One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Flat-felled seam

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

flat-felled seam popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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