seam
/ˈsiːm/ nom B2En français : couture, suture, veine, jointure
- A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
- A suture.
- A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
- The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
- A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
- A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
- A line of junction; a joint.
Pluriel seams
Dans la bibliothèque
It’s just one little seam after another and you never seem to be getting anywhere.
“I tore up several of my shirts, and ripped out the seams in the sheets of my bed, during my three years’ imprisonment at Fenestrelle; and when I was removed to the Château d’If, I managed to bring the ravellings with me, so that I have been able to finish my work here.”
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