Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

chenille

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A yarn with a fuzzy pile protruding from all sides, cut from a woven chenille weft fabric. Chenille yarns are made from all fibers, and they are used as filling in fabrics and for embroidery, ...

cardigan

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A modification of the rib-knitting stitch to allow tucking on one (half cardigan) or both(full cardigan) sets of needles. 2. A sweater that buttons down the front.

1. A product added to a dyebath to promote the dyeing of hydrophobic manufactured fibers and characterized by affinity for, and ability to swell, the fiber. 2. A moving holder for a package of yarn ...

creel

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A framework arranged to hold slivers, rovings, or yarns so that many ends can be withdrawn smoothly and evenly without tangling. 2. A similar device used to aggregate sub-tows to tows in ...

count

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A numerical designation of yarn size indicating the relationship of length to weight. (Also see YARN NUMBER.) 2. The number of warp yarns (ends) and filling yarns (picks) per inch in a woven ...

cut

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A unit of yarn number. The number of 100-yard lengths per pound avoirdupois of asbestos yarn or glass yarn, or the number of 300-yards lengths per pound avoirdupois of woolen yarn. 2. A length ...

cutter

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. A mechanical device used to cut tow into staple. 2. A firm engaged in making up garments from finished fabrics. 3. A person employed in the wholesale garment industry whose specific work is to ...