Hemstitch \Hem"stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemstitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemstitching}.] [Hem + stitch.] To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief.
hemstitching n : stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups [syn: {hemstitch}]