single-stitched

Updated: May 26, 2025

He then took four French ells of a coarse brown russet cloth, and therein apparelling himself, as with a long, plain-seamed, and single-stitched gown, left off the wearing of his breeches, and tied a pair of spectacles to his cap.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3