lockstitch
/ˈlɑkstɪt͡ʃ/noun, verb
lockstitch is a noun meaning “A stitch made by a sewing machine in which two threads are interlocked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-O-C-K-S-T-I-T-C-H, and it appears about once in every 87 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lockstitch is lockstitches.
What does lockstitch mean?
noun
- 1
A stitch made by a sewing machine in which two threads are interlocked.
verb
- 1
To use this kind of stitch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lockstitch?
- US /ˈlɑkstɪt͡ʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of lockstitch
- lockstitches plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lock stitch
- lockstitching participle, present
- lockstitched participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lockstitch?
Lockstitch appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does lockstitch come from?
From lock + stitch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).