crewel

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crewel

/ˈkɹuː.əl/
/ˈkɹuːl/

Sounds like cruel · Rhymes with -uːəl, -uːl

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Of unknown origin; earlier forms include crule, crewle, and croole.

noun crewels · cruel

countable, uncountable Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. First for a May-fly: you may make his body with greenish colored crewel or willowish color

verb crewels · creweling · crewelling · creweled · crewelled

transitive To make (embroidery) using the crewel method.

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@misc{crewel_2026,
  title = {crewel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crewel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}