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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Monk's seam

/mŭngks sēm/ · Monk's· seam · IPA
01 An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches.
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    An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches.(Naut.)