Needle-trades
plural noun
1.
the occupations and organizations involved in the manufacture of clothing.
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- Needling
[need-l] /ˈnid l/ noun 1. a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing. 2. any of various similar, usually considerably larger, implements for making stitches, as one […]