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Twisted yarn
Answer for the clue "Twisted yarn ", 6 letters:
crewel
Alternative clues for the word crewel
Word definitions for crewel in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
embroidery, 1590s, of unknown origin. Earliest usage is late 15c., as a name for a kind of thin, worsted yarn originally used in crewel work.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crewel \Crew"el\ (kr[udd]"[e^]l), n. [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
Usage examples of crewel.
Vivid Brueghels hanging on the walls, Jacobean furniture, Linenfold paneled doors, Crewel drapes.
So they sat with their embroidery, doing a few stitches of crewel or stumpwork, sighing and yawning often with poorly concealed boredom.
She brought a basket of pink and gray crewels with her, for she was crocheting a jacket -- for the cat, probably, judging by the size of it.
Or the oak-fly, the body of which is orange colour and black crewel, with a brown wing.
First for a Mayfly: you may make his body with greenish-coloured crewel, or willowish colour.