Given a border
Hemlined describes a garment that has a hem—a finished, folded edge: a neatly hemlined skirt.
It can also specify where the hem falls: a knee-hemlined dress.
The word appears most often in fashion contexts or when describing alterations.
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Given a border
Hemlined describes a garment that has a hem—a finished, folded edge: a neatly hemlined skirt.
It can also specify where the hem falls: a knee-hemlined dress.
The word appears most often in fashion contexts or when describing alterations.
1. garment — skirt, Waist-hung lower garment; dress (Skirted one-piece garment); trousers (Bifurcated lower-body garment); pants (Two-legged garment); curtains · sleeves · coat · gown · robe · blouse · jacket · shorts · slacks · tunic
2. tailoring — sewn, Joined by thread; stitched (Fastened with thread); finished (Brought to an end); altered (Changed from before); shortened · lengthened · let down · taken up · measured · pinned · basted · pressed · folded · edged
edge finishinghemlined ≠ unhemmed Lacking a sewn border; unfinished · frayed · ragged · unbound · selvage
hemline, hemlines
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/hemlined