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OEIL-DE-PERDRIX FAIT QUATRE LAMES [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Fabric Nomenclature
OBS

Huckaback: A heavy, serviceable, toweling made with slackly twisted filling yarns to aid absorption. The cloth has a honeycomb effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Nomenclature des tissus
OBS

œil-de-perdrix : Tissu ouvré, présentant des dessins en forme de losanges rappelant les yeux de la perdrix. (Tissé le plus souvent en lin, en coton ou en métis (chaîne en coton, trame en lin), il est principalement utilisé pour la confection de linge de toilette).

OBS

Le pluriel est : œils-de-perdrix.

Spanish

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