needlewoman

English

Etymology

From needle +‎ woman.

Noun

needlewoman (plural needlewomen)

1. A woman who works with a needle; a female embroiderer, sewer, etc.
   • 2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), page 228:

     Rosie learned to sew too and became a good needlewoman, often sitting up with her mother into the night hours.

Translations

a woman who works with a needle

• Hungarian: varrónő (hu)
• Irish: bean fuála f, maintín f, fuálaí (mná) m, druinneach f, bean snáthaide f
• Italian: cucitrice f
• Romanian: cusătoreasă (ro) f, croitoreasă (ro) f
• Russian: рукоде́льница (ru) f (rukodélʹnica)