a. rare. [ad. L. sūtilis, f. sūt-, pa. ppl. stem of suĕre SEW v.1] Made or done by stitching or sewing.
a. 1682. Sir T. Browne, Tracts, ii. (1683), 90. These [crowns and garlands] were made up after all ways of Art, Compactile, Sutile, Plectile.
1758. Johnson, Idler, No. 13, ¶ 8. Half the rooms are adorned with a kind of sutile pictures, which imitate tapestry. Ibid. (1776), Lett. to Mrs. Thrale, 16 May. There was Mrs Knowles, the Quaker, that works the sutile pictures.
