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WORSTEDS [15 records]

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Record 1 2023-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
  • Clothes Cleaning and Dyeing Services
  • Wool Industry
CONT

Burl or Speck Dyeing : This is done mostly on woolens or worsteds;... specks and blemishes are covered by [different] colors and shades. It is a hand operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
  • Teinturerie
  • Industrie lainière
DEF

Traitement consistant à teindre les pailles ou fibres de natures diverses tranchant en clair sur le fond coloré de tout article textile, en altérant le moins possible la nuance de celui-ci.

OBS

époutillage : désignation et définition normalisées par l'AFNOR; définition reproduite avec son autorisation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
CONT

Worsteds, usually made from longer fibre, are fine, smooth, firm, and durable. They are used for fine dress fabrics and suitings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
DEF

Napping: A finishing process that raises the surface fibers of a fabric by means of passage over rapidly revolving cylinders covered with metal points or teasel burrs.

DEF

[A] Brushing: This process, applied to a wide variety of fabrics, is usually accomplished by bristle-covered rollers ... used to ... raise a nap on knits and woven fabrics.

CONT

Napping is a process that may be applied to woollens, cottons, spun silks, and spun rayons, including both woven and knitted types, to raise a velvety, soft surface... The process, which increases warmth, is frequently applied to woollens and worsteds and also to blankets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
DEF

Duvetage. Procédé de finissage consistant à relever les fibres de surface d'un tissu en le faisant passer, à grande vitesse, sur des tambours tournants, recouverts de pointes métalliques ou de chardons métalliques.

DEF

Grattage, lainage : Traitement d'apprêtage effectué sur la surface d'un tissu ou d'un tricot dans le but de lui conférer un aspect et un toucher pelucheux ou duveteux, par dégagement partiel des fibres unitaires.

CONT

Le lainage consiste à gratter le tissu avec des chardons [naturels] ou avec des appareils munis d'aiguilles [pointes métalliques], afin de faire ressortir les poils.

CONT

Luxilia : [...] Nouveau non-tissé [...]. Pour obtenir une surface genre suédine, il subit un brossage.

OBS

La flanelle, les tissus [...] ont un aspect duveteux par l'application [du duvetage]. Le grattage est aussi employé pour certains articles de bonneterie, pour les couvertures et autres étoffes à surface duvetée.

OBS

Le terme «molletonnage» (qui veut dire lainage des tissus) est un néologisme.

Key term(s)
  • grattage aux chardons

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
CONT

Fulled fabrics are woolen fabrics on which moisture, heat, friction and pressure are applied. It results in felting of the wool and may produce varied effects depending upon the extent of the process.

CONT

the degree of fulling depends upon the final fabric and worsteds are usually fulled less than woolens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
CONT

Fouler les étoffes. Les apprêter, les travailler dans un foulon. On foule le drap pour le rendre plus ferme, plus serré [...] Fouler le feutre [...] Certains tissus reviennent des apprêts excessivement foulés [...]

CONT

Les laines cardées sont destinées à fabriquer des tissus foulés.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Carefree, comfortable, lightweight wool worsteds; appear crumpled to perfection in cool and neutral shades. Yarn mixing and weave techniques create distressed, irregular surfaces, while new chiné aspects produce uneven effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
OBS

chiffonner: verbe trans. A. [Le complément. désigne un vêtement, un tissu ou plus rarement un papier] 1. Froisser en donnant l'apparence d'un chiffon, en faisant de nombreux faux plis. Chiffonner un mouchoir [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Carefree, comfortable, lightweight wool worsteds; appear crumpled to perfection in cool and neutral shades. Yarn mixing and weave techniques create distressed, irregular surfaces, while new chiné aspects produce uneven effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Carefree, comfortable, lightweight wool worsteds; appear crumpled to perfection in cool and neutral shades. Yarn mixing and weave techniques create distressed, irregular surfaces, while new chiné aspects produce uneven effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Carefree, comfortable, lightweight wool worsteds; appear crumpled to perfection in cool and neutral shades. Yarn mixing and weave techniques create distressed, irregular surfaces, while new chiné aspects produce uneven effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Carefree, comfortable, lightweight wool worsteds; appear crumpled to perfection in cool and neutral shades. Yarn mixing and weave techniques create distressed, irregular surfaces, while new chiné aspects produce uneven effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Carefree, comfortable, lightweight wool worsteds; appear crumpled to perfection in cool and neutral shades. Yarn mixing and weave techniques create distressed, irregular surfaces, while new chiné aspects produce uneven effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Wool Industry
CONT

Carefree, comfortable, lightweight wool worsteds; appear crumpled to perfection in cool and neutral shades. Yarn mixing and weave techniques create distressed, irregular surfaces, while new chiné aspects produce uneven effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Industrie lainière

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

Carefree, comfortable, lightweight wool worsteds; appear crumpled to perfection in cool and neutral shades. Yarn mixing and weave techniques create distressed, irregular surfaces, while new chiné aspects produce uneven effects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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Record 13 1997-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
CONT

-Nainsook :... Fine and lightweight fabric...-Tropical worsteds : It is lightweight fabric... is ideal for summer and tropical wear...-Chiffon : Fibre : Silk, rayon, cotton, synthetics... Characteristics : lightweight, sheer, transparent fabric....

CONT

A light-weight fabric, similar in appearance to canvas but lighter, used for sneaker manufacture.

CONT

Blouses: Soft white, light weight fabric. Simple gathered neck and long sleeve wrists.

CONT

His coat was of light-weight cloth with voluminous revers, a long swallow-tail and large steel buttons.

OBS

Top weight fabric: Lighter weight fabrics, also known as "top weights" ordinarily used in the manufacture of ladies wearing appraisal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
CONT

L'application conventionnelle des apprêts fluorés se fait généralement par foulardage pour les tissus légers ou de grammage moyen (doublure, vêtements).

CONT

Brillantine : Tissu léger et brillant en viscose ou bien en coton de première qualité. Exécuté avec une armure toile ou sergé. Est utilisé dans la confection du linge, des vêtements pour femmes.

CONT

La première chemise Lacoste était blanche, légèrement plus courte que ses contemporaines, à manches courtes et col bord-côtes, et son tissu léger et aéré en maille n'était autre que le «jersey petit piqué».

Spanish

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Record 14 1995-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
CONT

Supple, lightweight wool worsteds for traditional suitings with a contemporary aspect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus

Spanish

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Record 15 1992-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

The removal of burrs, knots, and other objets that impair the finished appearance of woolens and worsteds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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