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Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.
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homespun
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Coarse plain-weave fabric of uneven yarns that have a handspun appearance.
honan
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A pongee-type fabric of the very best Chinese wild silk. Honan is sometimes woven with blue edges.
hopsacking
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A coarse, open, basket-weave fabric that gets its name from the plain-weave fabric of jute or hemp used for sacking in which hops are gathered.
horizontal flame test
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A test for flame resistance in which a specimen is mounted in a horizontal holder and exposed to an open flame for a specific time to measure burning rate and char-hole diameter.
high-shrink staple
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Staple with a higher degree of potential shrinkage than regular staple of the same generic fiber. When blended with regular staple and treated (in yarn or fabric form) to induce ...
holes (tow)
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
In tow opening processes, partial or complete filament breakage within a confined spread of tow, usually circular or oval in shape. Not to be confused with splitting or partial ...
holland finish
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
A glazed or unglazed finish containing oil and a filling material. The finish is applied to cotton fabrics to make them opaque or semiopaque. The resultant fabric resembles a ...
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