double knit

noun

: a type of cloth that is made with two sets of needles and has two connected layers

: a piece of clothing that is made of double knit

Full Definition of DOUBLE KNIT

: a knitted fabric (as wool) made with a double set of needles to produce a double thickness of fabric with each thickness joined by interlocking stitches; also : an article of clothing made of such fabric

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First Known Use of DOUBLE KNIT

1895

Rhymes with DOUBLE KNIT

babysit, benefit, borrow pit, cable-knit, candlelit, come off it, counterfeit, cuckoo spit, get with it, hissy fit, holy writ, hypocrite, infield hit, intermit, intromit, manumit, megahit, mother wit, out of it, put to it, recommit, retrofit, step on it

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