crewel

SayKROO-uhl/ˈkɹu.əl/

2 meanings of crewel

1
nouncountable or uncountable
A loosely twisted wool thread used to sew designs onto cloth.
Like soft, fuzzy yarn for knitting, but used to sew pictures instead.
She threaded her needle with red crewel and began the flower.
The kit came with several skeins of crewel in soft greens.
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2
verbtransitive
To sew designs onto cloth using loosely twisted wool thread.
Like drawing a picture, but with thread instead of a pen.
They crewel the cushion covers with leaves and flowers.
She creweled a row of roses along the hem.
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Origin

Where this word comes from is not known. Older spellings were crule, crewle, and croole.