A historical term for a type of embroidery stitch, possibly a variant spelling of bredestitch.
From brede (embroidery) plus stitch, possibly a variant of bredestitch. This compound describes a historical needlework technique.
Bredstitch and bredestitch show how historical words aren't always spelled consistently—before modern dictionaries and printing standardized English, people spelled craft terms the same way they pronounced them, which varied by region.
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