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Abrasion Resistance
The ability of a fiber to withstand the rubbing it gets in everyday use. |
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Bengaline
Is a lustrous, durable warp-faced fabric with heavy filling cords completely covered by the warp. |
Bouclé
Is a woven or knit fabric with bouclé yarns. The loops of the novelty yards create a mock-pile surface. |
Brocade
Brocade is a jacquard-woven fabric with a pattern that is created with different colored yarns or with patterns in twill or satin weaves on a gound of plain, twill, or satin weave. It is available in a variety of fiber types and qualities. |
Brocatelle
Is similar to brocade, but the pattern is raised and often padded with stuffer yarns. The pattern is warp faced and the ground is filling faced. Brocatelle is often a double cloth. It is mainly used in furnishings. |
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Crocking
A color problem in which abrasion causes color to transfer to the abradant.
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Dyeing
The process of combining a fiber with a dye and achieving a bond of some type.
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Embossed Fabric
Created by applying a design with heated, engraved calenders. Often print cloths are embossed to imitate seersucker, crepe, or other structural-design fabrics.
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Fabric
A planar substance constructed from solutions, fibers, yarns, fabrics, or any combination of these.
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Finish
Any process use to convert gray, unfinished goods into finished fabric.
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Flannel
A light- to heavyweight, plain- or twill-weave fabric with a napped surface.
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Flocking
Refers to the application of very short surface fibers to a fabric with an adhesive to produce an imitation pile appearance.
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Knit
To make (a fabric or garment) by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops either by hand, with knitting needles, or on a machine. One or more yarns that are looped together.
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Moiré (calendering)
A finish that produces a watermarked or wood-grain texture on the fabric - most common on rib or unbalanced plain-weave fabrics like taffeta.
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Matelassé
Is a double-cloth fabric woven to create a three-dimensional texture with a puckered or almost quilted look. Matelassés are made on jacquard or dobby looms often with crepe yarns or very coarse cotton yarns. When finished, the shrinkage of the crepe yarn or the coarse cotton yarn creates the puckered appearance. It is used in apparel as well as furnishings. |
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Napping
A finish in which fiber ends are brushed to the surface to produce a softer hand.
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Non-woven
(of a fabric) made of fibers autogenously bonded in a web form through the action of a chemical agent or heating device, or adhering by means of resinous substances.
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Textile
A general term used to refer to fiber, yarn, fabric, or anything made from fibers, yarns, or fabrics.
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Wicking
The ability of a fiber to transfer moisture along its surface.
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Woven
To make (cloth) by interlacing a minimum of 2 systems of threads of the weft and the warp on a loom or by hand.
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