What is "unhemmed"

Usage examples of "unhemmed".

Hot on their trail were gargoyle-faced liches in unhemmed robes, and behind them roared a phalanx of honking blue Volvos.

He wore unhemmed cords that dragged under the heels of a pair of battered Vans.

The wood had been covered up just at the bedside only by a short runner of unhemmed rag carpet.

Helena was as presentable as she ever would be, in the wedding raiment dictated by ancient custom: the unhemmed tunic secured around her ample waist by a girdle of wool with a double knot, covered by a fine saffron-colored cloak, matching sandals, and a thin metal collar worn tightly about her neck.

Their having to be made up in such a hurry landed more than one at her door unhemmed, to be taken up by her own flying fingers.

During his recent visits to the apartment, he had become such a dictator in the matter of the ball that a better pretext than an unhemmed gown in mid-morning was called for.

She climbed the creaking stairs and sat down on her unhemmed bedspread.

Handkerchiefs will be of unhemmed cheesecloth, 18 by 18 inches, laundered, tied up in dozens.

They had been cut off just below the knees and, unhemmed, hung flapping with every step he took above a stretch of white-socked, spindly shanks.

She pulls up the bottom of one pant leg, unhemmed and unraveling beige polyester, to show her leg wrapped thick with a dirty elastic bandage.

Hot on their trail were gargoyle-faced liches in unhemmed robes, and behind them roared a phalanx of honking blue Volvos.