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allover

[ awl-oh-ver ]

/ ˈɔlˌoʊ vər /

adjective

extending or repeated over the entire surface, as a decorative pattern.

noun

a fabric with an allover pattern.

Origin of allover

First recorded in 1570–80; all + over

Words nearby allover

allotropism, allotropous, allotropy, allottee, allotype, allover, allow, allow for, allowable, allowable cut, allowance

Example sentences from the Web for allover

Stripes in this sample group either border the edge of the cloth or make an allover pattern.

Chincha Plain-weave cloths |Lila M. O'Neale
Engaged in the earlier years of the music business was Woodworth, Allover & Co.

Sixty Years of California Song |Margaret Blake-Alverson
Woodworth, Allover & Co. dealt mostly in imported French pianos and harmoniums.

Sixty Years of California Song |Margaret Blake-Alverson
This is Portuguese allover—indolence, piousness, poverty, impotence.

Following the Equator, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

The gondolas multiplied and spotted it allover; every gondola and gondolier looking, at a distance, precisely like every other.

Italian Hours |Henry James