pinking-shears
1Pinking shears — are scissors, the blades of which are sawtoothed instead of straight. Pinking shears leave a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge.Pinking shears have a utilitarian function for cutting woven cloth. Cloth edges that are unfinished will easily …
2pinking shears — [piŋ′kiŋ] pl.n. shears with notched blades, used as for pinking the edges of cloth …
3pinking shears — pinking .shears also pinking .scissors n [plural] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: pink to cut decoratively (14 20 centuries)] a special type of scissors with blades that have V shaped teeth, used for cutting cloth …
4pinking shears — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ shears with a serrated blade, used to cut a zigzag edge in fabric …
5pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge. [1960 65] * * * …
6pinking shears — pink′ing shears n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) clo shears with notched blades, for simultaneously cutting and pinking fabric …
7pinking shears — also pinking scissors noun (plural) a special type of scissors with blades that have V shaped teeth, used for cutting cloth …
8pinking shears — noun plural Date: circa 1939 shears with a saw toothed inner edge on the blades for making a zigzag cut …
9pinking shears — pink|ing shears [ pıŋkıŋ ,ʃırz ] noun plural scissors used for cutting cloth that leave an edge that is a series of NOTCHES …
10pinking shears — plural noun shears with a serrated blade, used to cut a zigzag edge in fabric to prevent it fraying …