overspun

overspun (comparative more overspun, superlative most overspun)

more overspun (comparative)
most overspun (superlative)


destash

en-verb

destash (third-person singular simple present destashes, present participle destashing, simple past and past participle destashed)

destashes (present singular third-person)
destashing (participle present)
destashed (participle past)
destashed (past)

She destashed some needles that I ended up taking off her hands last summer.

2004, JJMolvik, “A question about selling”, in rec.crafts.textiles.yarn (Usenet):

I'm doing some destashing to feed my coffee addiction (and to free up some space!). Nothing is "for sale" as such[…]

2007, WoolyGooly, “Destashing”, in rec.crafts.textiles.yarn (Usenet):

(transitive, textiles, informal) To remove (a yarn, fabric, equipment, etc.) from one's collection.


nostepinne

nostepinnes (plural)
nostepinde (alternative)

(textiles) A tool used to wind yarn into a ball for use in knitting, crocheting, or weaving.


lazy Kate

(textiles) In spinning, a device used to hold one or more spools or bobbins in place while the yarn on them is manipulated.


hipline

(textiles) The line of a garment around the hips.


crotchline

(textiles) The line of a garment around the crotch.


backwasher

(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.


Kashan

I napped in the pile
of the brushed and bruised
Kashan on our living room floor

1985, Peter Balakian, “The Oriental Rug”, in Robert Pack, Jay Parini, editors, Introspections: American poets on one of their own poems, Hanover and London: University Press of New England for Middlebury College Press, published 1997, →ISBN, page 29:


sergedusoy

sergdusoy (alternative)
sergedesoy (alternative)

SERGEDUSOY (Fr.). A coarse silken stuff, as its name implies. It was used in the last century for coats, etc., for common people, being a degree above cloth.

1860, Frederick William Fairholt, Costume in England, page 578:

He is wearing a freshly starched cravat and a new sergdusoy jacket, his boots are polished and he carries a clumsily wrapped package under his arms.

1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 240:


fluviation

en-noun

fluviation (usually uncountable, plural fluviations)

From Latin fluviātiō, from fluviātus (“fluviated”) + -iō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from fluvius (“river”) + -ātus (“-ate: forming adjectives”) as if from a verb fluviō. Equivalent to fluviated + -ion.

(geology) Deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream.

This was the first preparation of Flax, and before fluviation or rotting.

1683, Thomas Browne, Certain Miscellany Tracts, page 54:

(obsolete) Preparation of flax by soaking it in a stream.


Bengal stripes

Plain piece goods, say mulls, jaconets, maddapollams, and long cloth, sell more currently, and at a trifling advance. Printed goods, —as Bengal stripes, single stripes, single coloured plats, pine and neutral chintz, are selling also currently.

1831 November, “Prices of European Goods in the East”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, volume 6, page 156:

Take the finer class of ducks such as Bengal stripes, and we get them from the old country , chiefly from England and France .

1906, Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons, page 2357:

Stripes have held long-term popularity in interior design, and the term 'Regency' has been used to refer to those stripes which, according to Hampshire and Stephenson, were originally called 'tiger' or 'Bengal' stripes and were associated with the British Raj in South Asia during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (2006b: 35).

2015, Michael Hann, Stripes, Grids and Checks, page xxvii:

A kind of cotton cloth woven with white and coloured stripes.


Irish poplin

Irish poplin (countable and uncountable, plural Irish poplins)

(historical) A fabric with silk warp and worsted weft, made in Ireland, and commonly used for neckties.


empress cloth

empress cloth (countable and uncountable, plural empress cloths)

A cloth for women's dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.


piece goods

(historical, textiles) textiles sold by pieces or fixed sizes, such as cloth from clothes-making, calicos, sheetings, etc.


mirrorwork

(textiles) A type of embroidery which attaches small pieces of reflective metal to fabric.


ring spinner

(textiles) A machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.


Welsh flannel

Welsh flannel (countable and uncountable, plural Welsh flannels)

(historical) A fine kind of flannel made from the fleece of Welsh Mountain sheep. It was mostly manufactured by hand.


farmers' satin

farmers' satin (countable and uncountable, plural farmers' satins)

(textiles) A light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings.


hairstring

A textile made from spun hair, traditionally made by Australian Aborigines.


warp beam

(textiles, weaving) The roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.


bias tape

bias tape (countable and uncountable, plural bias tapes)

(textiles) A narrow strip of fabric, cut on the bias (diagonally across the weave, for greater stretchiness), used in making piping, binding seams, finishing raw edges, etc.


grainline

grainlines (plural)
grain line (alternative)

The line of the warp on a piece of fabric


argamannu

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒈠𒉡 (argamannu).

lbor

The least frequently used dye was argamannu, which was also red and probably produced a shade of blue-purple, although different from that of takiltu.

2006, Stefan Zawadzki, Garments of the Gods: Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar According to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive, Volume 1:


pick-at-will

(textiles) Of or relating to a kind of loom with several shuttle boxes, allowing various colours of yarn to be combined as desired.


semisheer

(textiles) Somewhat thin and translucent.


eyebrowing

(textiles) The buildup of waste fibers on a spinning frame.


Martindale

(textiles, engineering) A unit for quantifying the abrasion resistance of textiles, especially when used for upholstery.


DTM

(textiles) Initialism of dye(d) to match.


bainin

en-noun

bainin (countable and uncountable, plural bainins)

Borrowed from Irish báinín, from bán (“white”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).

For many years I developed my own variations on an Aran Fisherman theme, intricately patterned, using the wonderful, cream-colored yarn called “bainin” with the sheep’s lanolin still in it, which makes the garment naturally waterproof.

2003, Madeleine L'Engle, Luci Shaw, Friends for the Journey:

(Ireland) undyed white homespun woolen yarn or cloth

By the time it had some of the dirt and grease removed (part scouring) it had become the creamy natural colour (bainin) with which we are all familiar, and although the patterns are worked in other fashion colours and yarns, the true Aran is only made from the thickish bainin woolen yarn.

2012, Shelagh Hollingworth, Traditional Aran Knitting, page 14:

(Ireland) the creamy white colour of such yarn or cloth

It was an instinctive gesture that made him reach then for the bainin of Uncle James. […] The soused white bainin with Uncle James came up beside him.


warpless

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windowpaning

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(textiles) The border around an individual block of a quilt.


puttoo

puttoo (countable and uncountable, plural puttoos)

(obsolete) A cloth made in Kashmir from the longer and coarser wool of the goat.


lab dip

(textiles) A preproduction sample of fabric dyed in plain color.


mummy cloth

mummy cloth (countable and uncountable, plural mummy cloths)

A fabric like crepe for mourning-dress, having a cotton or silk warp and woolen weft.


narrow cloth

narrow cloth (countable and uncountable, plural narrow cloths)

(textiles, obsolete) Cloth, especially woolen, of less than 54 inches in width.


satin jean

(textiles) A smooth, glossy, hard-twilled form of cotton goods.


rot-steep

en-verb

rot-steep (third-person singular simple present rot-steeps, present participle rot-steeping, simple past and past participle rot-steeped)

rot-steeps (present singular third-person)
rot-steeping (participle present)
rot-steeped (participle past)
rot-steeped (past)

(UK, textiles, transitive) To steep (cotton) to remove impurities.


section beam

(textiles) In warping, a roller that receives the yarn from the spools.


mooree

en-noun

mooree (countable and uncountable, plural moorees)

moorees (plural)
moorie (alternative)
moory (alternative)

(obsolete) A kind of cotton cloth from India.


rowy

en-adj

rowy (comparative more rowy, superlative most rowy)

more rowy (comparative)
most rowy (superlative)

(textiles) Having an undesirable appearance of visible rows or streaks.


water twist

(textiles) A kind of cotton twist, first made by the water frame.


right side

Pin fabric A and fabric C together, right sides facing.

(textiles, sewing) The side of a fabric, often with a more visible color or pattern, that is intended to face outward on a finished project.


wrong side

Trace the pattern on the wrong side so that any mistakes won't show when you're done.

(textiles, sewing) The side of a fabric, often with a less visible color or pattern, that is not intended to be seen on a finished project.


picqué work

(textiles) pounced work; decoration by dots or slight depressions


barrister's block

(textiles) A pattern used in quilting, based on triangles with smaller triangular protrusions.


openband

(textiles, of a twist) Right-handed or "Z shaped", with individual fibers pointing up and to the right when the thread, yarn, or rope is vertical.


crushed velvet

en-noun

crushed velvet (countable and uncountable, plural crushed velvets)

(textiles) A lustrous velvet with a patterned appearance, produced by pressing or twisting the fabric in different directions.


fleeceware

fleeceware (usually uncountable, plural fleecewares)

→ Czech: fleeceware

→ German: Fleeceware

→ French: fleeceware

→ Portuguese: fleeceware

→ Spanish: fleeceware

Apparel into which fleece-textile is fabricated.


polynose

The energy of the interaction of macromolecules in "polynose" fibres is much greater than that in ultra-strong cord fibres.

1967, Russian Chemical Reviews, volume 36, page 114:

The improved fibrous crystallization of the polynose fibre lends excellent stability to the finished product.

1982, Bulgarian Foreign Trade, volumes 31-32, page 38:

Manufacture of staple (viscose, polynose and cuprammonium fibre) and regenerated protein fibre, acetate, triacetate, organzine and other artificial fibres

1989, Basic Methodological Principles Governing the Compilation of the System of Statistical Balances of the National Economy, volume 2, United Nations Statistical Office:

(textiles, Eastern Europe) Pertaining to a modification of viscose fibers in which the cellulose is copolymerized.


bean stitch

(textiles) A large, thick running stitch produced by stitching several times at the same point.


imberline

A multicoloured woven fabric, sometimes having gold threads, used for drapery and upholstery


kalgi

kalgi (countable and uncountable, plural kalgis)

kalgis (plural)
culgee (alternative)
kalghi (alternative)

The herons of Kashmir were the main source of supply of feathers which were in great demand for plumes (Kalgis) worn by the Sikh Ministers, Officers of high ranks and other men of importance.

1984, C. Baron V. Hugel, Kashmir Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, page 64:

But on turban they painted peacock feathers in place of kalgi and sometimes half bloomed lotus with all the decoration of jewellery and pearls.

1999, Jiwan Sodhi, A Study of Bundi School of Painting, page 92:

[…] Singh during the founding of the Khalsa in 1699 show him dressed like royalty of the times: a round turban with a plume or kalgi, a cummerbund (kamar kassa), carrying a silver arrow, stirring the Amrit with a double-edged sword.

Ranjit Singh is seen in this image wearing a highly decorated turban with three kalgis or plumes and several different jewels and ornaments.

2019, Amit Amin, Naroop Jhooti, Turbans and Tales: Portraits of Contemporary Sikh Identity, page 12:

(India) A black heron feather that is worn on a turban as a symbol of nobility.

When the question of kalgi and its whereabouts arose, Archer candidly stated that he could not find any kalgi with Lady Broun Lindsay , a descendant of Lord Dalhousie from whom the weapons of Guru Gobind Singh were acquired and nor was it in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

1986, Mohinder Singh Randhawa, Indian Paintings: Exploration, Research, and Publications, page 253:

Shah Jahan's aesthetics transformed the heron's feather into the extravagantly jewelled kalgi.

2001, Usha Ramamrutham Bala Krishnan, Meera Sushil Kumar, Bharath Ramamrutham, Indian Jewellery: Dance of the Peacock, page 219:

An embassy to the governor of the French settlement at Isle de France (Mauritius) in 1798 took kalgis and sarpeches' (turban ornaments) , jewelled rings and earrings described as 'the invention of the khodadad sarkar' ( the 'God-Given Ruler, or Overseer' ).

2009, Susan Stronge, Tipu's Tigers, page 18:

'Please, with your own hands, Mai ji, give us the kalgi of the Sarkar, it shall adorn the Kanwar's head, it shall be a blessing for his life, a charm for his rule.' 'There is nothing in the kalgi,' said the angry Rani, 'it is all in the will of the Almighty.'

In some cases, before leaving the house his sister might have adorned his turban with a kalgi ( draped beads with a central decoration), but again this is cultural and not religious, and must be removed before his bride joins him.

2011, Akasha Lonsdale, Simple Guide to Attending Sikh Ceremonies:

Only Guru Sahib is our sovereign and we thus do not wear a kalgi as we are His servants.

2020, Harjinder Singh, Sukha Singh, Jaskeerth Singh, Sikh Code of Conduct, page 55:

(India) An ornament worn on the front of a turban as a symbol of status.

The Kalgi- group represented the female element in nature and the Tura the male.

1937, Haeem Samuel Kehimkar, Immanuel Olsvanger, The History of the Bene Israel of India, page 232:

Abdul latif of Aligarh city is an accomplished singer of kalgi school and Habb Khan, Yunus Khan and Wahid of Aligarh city belong to the turra school .

1981, Jamal Muhammad Siddiqi, Aligarh District, page 17:

They make them just enough knowledgeable to be able to fight either on the side of kalgi or on tura after learning lavni songs for one or the other .

2002, Jotīrāva Govindarāva Phule, Cultivator's Whipcord, page 37:


kalgi

Strong and brave warriors could have concubines from among their kalgi, that is, female war captives. Children, born of such captives were not accounted as kalgi.

1984, Richard Austin Pierce, Notes on the Islands of the Unalashka District, page 194:

When Shelikhov arrived on Kodiak many kalgi, in hope of a better fate, crossed over to the Russians.

2000, Alaska History: A Publication of the Alaska Historical Society, page 3:

When Shelikhov arrived at Kodiak, hoping to receive better treatment, many kalgi turned to the Russians.

2015, Gwenn A. Miller, Kodiak Kreol: Communities of Empire in Early Russian America:

A prisoner of war taken by the native Alaskan Alutiiq people and kept as a slave.

The kalgi had low roofs, just taller than a man, but they were very wide.

2008 Spring, Zoe Ho, “The Art of the Pihiq (song)”, in Tusaayaksat, page 15:

One of a set of conjoined igloos that form an apartment-like arrangement.


jufti knot

(textiles) A kind of knot in an Oriental rug, formed over four warps.


GPD

GPD (countable and uncountable, plural GPDs)

(textiles) Initialism of grams per denier.


mispick

To reduce the likelihood of a mispick the engagement should be delayed as long as possible so that when the loom stops, the reed is as close as possible to the cloth fell.

1972, Technology of the Textile Industry, U.S.S.R., page 76:

The weft detector comprises a warp tension sensor for detecting the temporary rise during beating and a control circuit connected to the warp tension sensor for stopping the operation of the loom upon detection of the mispick, that is, in the absence of the temporary raise in the warp tension.

1972, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: Patents, page 1350:

If a mispick occurs, the feature automatically removes the mispick and restarts the loom.

2019, Kim Gandhi, Woven Textiles: Principles, Technologies and Applications, page 254:

(textiles) A defect in woven fabric in which a yarn across the warp is in the wrong place.


mispin

Nonjudgmental decisions, such as holes, grease spots and mispins, are recorded instantly in the computer.

1980, Textile Industries - Volume 144, page 23:

The selvedge trim is sucked away where in the ordinary course of events a mispin could cause it to be missed – but mispins have no effect on the performance of this device.

1993, Textile Asia - Volume 24, Issues 7-12, page 22:


Russia drab

(textiles) An unbleached hemp fabric of coarse texture, formerly used for inexpensive durable clothing.


Russia linen

(textiles, historical) Hemp linen fabric that was mass-produced in Russia in the 18th century.


Russia calf

(textiles, historical) A high-quality leather made from calfskin, manufactured in Russia.


emerize

en-verb

emerize (third-person singular simple present emerizes, present participle emerizing, simple past and past participle emerized)

emerizes (present singular third-person)
emerizing (participle present)
emerized (participle past)
emerized (past)
emerise (alternative)

(transitive, textiles) To pass (fabric) over emery-covered rollers to give it a soft finish.


fully fashioned

(textiles) Of knitwear: shaped during the knitting process by increasing or decreasing the number of wales.


Holbein stitch

en-noun

Holbein stitch (countable and uncountable, plural Holbein stitches)

Named after Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543), 16th-century portrait painter who depicted people in clothing embroidered in this style.

(textiles) A simple, reversible line embroidery stitch commonly used in blackwork and Assisi embroidery.


Egyptian cotton

Egyptian cotton (countable and uncountable, plural Egyptian cottons)

(textiles) A variety of cotton of extralong staple.


Hedebo

(textiles) Any of various forms of whitework embroidery that originated in the heathland region of Zealand, Denmark, in the 1760s.


desize

en-verb

desize (third-person singular simple present desizes, present participle desizing, simple past and past participle desized)

desizes (present singular third-person)
desizing (participle present)
desized (participle past)
desized (past)

In order to desize the fabrics which have been treated for weaving, they must be treated in very hot soap baths […]

1923, Maurice Ernest Bouvier, "Process of Treating Fabrics for Removing Sizing or Gum Therefrom", U.S. Patent 1,517,888

(textiles) To remove sizing material from (a fabric).


antiballoon

(textiles) Preventing the outward bulging of the material being worked on by a spinning frame.


antiballooner

(textiles) A device that prevents the outward bulging of the material being worked on by a spinning frame.


polysatin

en-noun

polysatin (usually uncountable, plural polysatins)


warplike

en-adj

warplike (comparative more warplike, superlative most warplike)

more warplike (comparative)
most warplike (superlative)

(textiles) Resembling or characteristic of the warp.


iron buff

A yellow ancient artificial iron oxide made by oxidating iron in vinegar, one of the oldest man-made pigments, often used in staining textiles.


back gray

(US, printing, textiles, historical) A piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.


taffetized

taffetized shantungs

(textiles) Given a texture resembling that of taffeta.


jigman

(textiles) One who dyes cloth with a jigger.


fancy stitch

en-noun

fancy stitch (countable and uncountable, plural fancy stitches)

she sewed one final fancy stitch and admired the final product

[…] to the paper with fine green sewing silk ; then catch the lining to each section by a little fancy stitch at each scallop . The top of the shade consists of two hexagons made of cardboard covered with pink silk and edged with lace .

1886, Jane Cunningham Croly, Ladies' Fancy Work: A Manual of Designs & Instructions in All Kinds of Needlework, page 97:

Having arranged all your pieces to your own satisfaction, the next step is to work all the seams with fancy stitches in various colors. All your odds and ends of embroidery silks will now be useful.

2022 August 10, anonymous author, Embroidery and Fancy Work, DigiCat, page 134:

(textiles) A stitch for decorative or detailing purposes only.


long and short stitch

long and short stitch (countable and uncountable, plural long and short stitches)

(textiles) A pattern of alternating long and short stitches.


WPI

(textiles, of yarn or thread) Initialism of wrap per inch.


back beam

(textiles, weaving) Synonym of warp beam.


Martindale method

(textiles) A test designed to measure the durability of a fabric.


Zagora

Zagora (countable and uncountable, plural Zagoras)

(textiles) A variety of Egyptian cotton.


acid-wash

en-verb

acid-wash (third-person singular simple present acid-washes, present participle acid-washing, simple past and past participle acid-washed)

acid-washes (present singular third-person)
acid-washing (participle present)
acid-washed (participle past)
acid-washed (past)

to acid-wash denim

a pair of acid-washed jeans

(textiles) To treat (a material) with bleach so as to mottle or discolor it.


Limerick lace

en-noun

Limerick lace (countable and uncountable, plural Limerick laces)

(textiles) A kind of hybrid lace of embroidered needle lace or crocheted lace on a machine-made net base, originally made in Limerick, Ireland, and noted for its variety of delicate fillings.


Maarad

Maarad (usually uncountable, plural Maarads)


conditioning time

conditioning time (countable and uncountable, plural conditioning times)

(textiles) The total amount of time required for a sample to attain equilibrium at the specified condition.


chalkstripe

A thin stripe on fabric, like a pinstripe but made with multiple threads for a softer, more blurred appearance.


Italian cloth

Italian cloth (countable and uncountable, plural Italian cloths)

(textiles) A type of linen or cotton cloth with a satin finish, used primarily for linings.


self-finished

(textiles) Of fabric, not requiring additional finishing work such as hem or bias tape to prevent fraying.


rug hooking

rug hooking (usually uncountable, plural rug hookings)

(art, textiles) An art and a craft where a rug is made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, or rug warp.


machine lace

(sewing, embroidery, textiles) A style of lace that is made or replicated using mechanical means.


lace machine

(textiles) A device or implement that can produce lace.


yarn-beam

(textiles) A large, horizontal spool that holds warp yarn for weaving, knitting, or other processing.


rebeam

en-verb

rebeam (third-person singular simple present rebeams, present participle rebeaming, simple past and past participle rebeamed)

rebeams (present singular third-person)
rebeaming (participle present)
rebeamed (participle past)
rebeamed (past)

(textiles, transitive) To transfer (material) from one beam to another by winding.


shuttleman

(historical, textiles) A person employed to repair the shuttle on a loom.


pfleiderer

(textiles) A toothed machine for shredding cellulose in the manufacture of synthetic materials.


caaming

When caaming tables are required for reeds with odd porters, the logarithms for these reeds are found in the table on a line with the complete hundreds, and below the number of odd porters, […]

1824, John Murphy, A Treatise on the Art of Weaving, page 435:


rowiness

[…] thereby causing the rowiness or pattern-like appearance, which is completely obviated by the present contrivance.

1789, Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, page 4:

In Mr. Heath's machine […] is the means by which he obtains lines not only varied in themselves, but differing from each other so as to avoid rowiness, and thus to produce, it is presumed, a near resemblance to hand-ruling, retaining, at the same time, the perfect equality of distance between the lines and uniformity of strength characteristic of machine-ruling.

1838, Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, page 28:

[…] and often through rowiness and being uneven he has to dye it again, a loss the skein dyer seldom has to complain of.

1855, Thomas Love, The Art of Cleaning, Dyeing, Scouring, and Finishing, page 64:

(textiles) The state or condition of being rowy.


heck-box

en-noun

heck-box (usually uncountable, plural heck-boxes)

heck-boxes (plural)
heck box (alternative)

The threads pass from the bobbins to the frame through an instrument called a jack or heck-box, or simply a heck.

1848, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (publisher), The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain, page 24:

The heck-box moves up and down a post, the motion being regulated by a cord passing over a wheel or pulley and wound round the axle of the reel, and unwound alternately, as the box moves up or down the post.

1864, A.J. Warden, The Linen Trade, Ancient and Modern, page 704:

The heck-box slides vertically on a bar as the reel rotates, and thus disposes the warp spirally on the reel.

1875, Edward Henry Knight, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, A Description of Tools, Instruments, Machines, Processes, and Engineering; History of Inventions; General Technological Vocabulary; and Digest of Mechanical Appliances in Science and the Arts, Volume 2, page 1091:

For this class of work some very handy creels, heck boxes, and horizontal warping mills, with all the latest adjustments, are offered to the silk trade.

1910, William S. Murphy, The Textile Industries, A Practical Guide to Fibres, Yarns & Fabrics in Every Branch of Textile Manufacture, Including Preparation of Fibres, Spinning, Doubling, Designing, Weaving, Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing and Finishing, Volume 4, page 81:

(textiles, weaving, dated) A grating device used to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine.


felled seam

(textiles) A seam made by placing one edge inside a folded edge of fabric, then stitching the fold down. The fold encases the raw edges, which protects them from fraying, and may be secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch.


Welsh plain

Welsh plain (countable and uncountable, plural Welsh plains)

(textiles) A type of coarse woolen fabric produced in Wales between the 17th and 19th centuries.


cotton blend

(textiles) A fabric made of cotton combined with synthetic or natural fibers, such as linen or polyester.


cotton card

(textiles) A strip of cotton made using a carding machine.


cotton wax

(textiles) A type of cotton woven with paraffin wax or natural beeswax.


flax cotton

flax cotton (usually uncountable, plural flax cottons)

(textiles) Flax fibers reduced through steeping then prepared like cotton, through spinning and bleaching.


New Zealand cotton

New Zealand cotton (plural New Zealand cottons)

(textiles) A fiber from the bast of Plagianthus betulinus that resembles cotton.