Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

married fiber clump

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A defect that occurs in converter top. It consists of a group of unopened, almost coterminous fibers with the crimp in register.

marquisette

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A lightweight, open-mesh fabric made of cotton, silk, or manufactured fibers in a leno, doup, or gauze weave. Marquisettes are used for curtains, dresses, mosquito nets, and similar end uses.

marl yarn

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A yarn made from two rovings of contrasting colors drafted together, then spun. Provides a mottled effect.

madras

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A lightweight, plain weave fabric with a striped, checked, or plaid pattern. True madras is “guaranteed to bleed.”

In the floor coverings industry, a distinctive threadline in the back of a carpet that enables the installer to assemble breadths of carpet so that the pile lays in one direction or so that patterns ...

manufactured fiber

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A class name for various genera of fibers (including filaments) produced from fiber-forming substances which may be: (1) polymers synthesized from chemical compounds, e.g., acrylic, nylon, polyester, ...