overcasting

Plural: overcastings

Noun

• a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
• A spell of overcast weather.

Verb

• make overcast or cloudy
• sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
• sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
• present participle and gerund of overcast

Synonyms

cloud, overcast

Antonyms

clear up