Dictionary

crewel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹuːl/
• /ˈkɹuː.əl/

Etymology

Of unknown origin; earlier forms include crule, crewle, and croole.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
   • First for a May-fly: you may make his body with greenish colored crewel or willowish color 1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

crewelwork

Translations (1)

hu hímzőfonal (worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery)

crewel en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹuːl/
• /ˈkɹuː.əl/

Etymology

Of unknown origin; earlier forms include crule, crewle, and croole.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make (embroidery) using the crewel method.

Forms