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loop pile fabric [3 records]

Record 1 1996-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

Uncut pile fabrics. Fabrics produced by weaving the yarn that is intended to be the pile stock over wires that have no cutting edge. The result of this is that when the wires are withdrawn, a looped effect appears on the surface of the cloth. Uncut velvet is made in this manner.

OBS

Loop pile; uncut pile: A pile, the fibres or yarn of which are caused to form loops during manufacture of the fabric.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
OBS

velours bouclé [...] à poils non coupés formant de petites boucles.

OBS

Velours bouclé : Surface à velours constituée de fils bouclés non coupés.

OBS

Velours : désigne les fils ou les fibres textiles coupé(e)s ou bouclé(e)s, fixé(e)s debout et couvrant la surface du tissu.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
DEF

A warp-knitted fabric so produced that elongated underlaps that are firmly anchored in the ground fabric by means of overlaps, protrude from the technical reverse side.

OBS

For the formation of the elongated underlaps (plush loops), the front guide bar carries the pile yarn and either laps around the needles and the points of a point bar or (when the base fabric is knitted on alternate needles) around the remaining needles of the needle bar.

OBS

antonyms: plush fabric (warp-knitted) loop pile fabric (tucked-in) loop-raised fabric (velvet/tricot, brushed).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
DEF

A warp-knitted fabric so produced that elongated underlaps that are lightly held in the ground structure by means of tuck loops protrude from the technical reverse side.

OBS

Lapping is the same as for knitted-in loop pile, but the loops of the pile yarn are pushed below the latch of the needles by the fall plate and are cast off with the loops of the previous course.

OBS

antonyms: knitted-in loop pile fabric; loop-raised fabric (velvet/tricot, brushed); warp-knitted plush fabric.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses

Spanish

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