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Textiles
Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.
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grinning
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
1. A flaw in fabric, especially a ribbed fabric, that occurs when warp threads show through the covering filling threads or when the threads have slipped leaving open spaces on ...
heddle
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A cord, round steel wire, or thin flat steel strip with a loop or eye near the center through which one or more warp threads pass on the loom so that the thread movement may be ...
heat-setting
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The process of conferring dimensional stability and often other desirable properties such as wrinkle resistance and improved heat resistance to manufactured fibers, yarns, and ...
heat stabilized
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A term to describe fiber or yarn heat-treated to reduce the tendency of the fiber to shrink or elongate under load at elevated temperature.
heat resistance
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A property of certain fibers or yarns whereby they resist degradation at high temperature. Heat resistance may be an inherent property of the fiber-forming polymer or it may be ...
head end
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
1. The beginning of a new piece of fabric in the loom that bears appropriateidentification. 2. A small sample of fabric that may be submitted to a customer for approval.
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- Fabric (4133)
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- Fibers & stitching (1613)
- Manufactured fibers (9832)
- Sewing (207)
- Textile machinery & parts (1)