needles
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
needles
- Details
Slender, pointed instruments used for piercing and drawing thread through cloth. They generally have a hole or eye at one end for thread to pass through; they are now usually of polished steel. The term amy also refer any of various pointed pins or implements resembling a needle.
- Variations
Pins and needles
needle
aiguilles
aiguille