English

finedraw

From fine + draw.

A compound of fine + draw

Old French fin ‘fine’

Middle English fin

English fine

Proto-Germanic *draganą ‘to carry’

Proto-West Germanic *dragan ‘to carry’

Old English dragan ‘to drag’

Middle English dragen ‘to drag’

English draw

Today it means

verb To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / finedraw