Etymograph

English

flatlock

From flat + lock; see overlock.

A compound of flat + lock

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *luką

Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’

Old English loc

Middle English lok

English lock

Today it means

noun A style of stitching that creates a seam where the seam allowance lies flat to the garment instead of hanging loose from it.

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

Etymograph / flatlock