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GINNED LINT [1 record]

Record 1 2001-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cotton Industry
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

LINT: a fibrous coat of thickened convoluted hairs borne by the seeds of cotton plants and constituting the staple of cotton fiber after ginning.

OBS

Although often used interchangeably, "lint" and "staple" are not quite the same thing, staple being ginned lint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

On recueille la capsule [...] et on sépare la graine [...] Cette opération s'effectue au moyen de machines [...] auxquelles on livre le [...] coton en graines et qui restituent le coton égrené [...].

CONT

Le coton égrené est rassemblé dans les magasins de l'acheteur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria algodonera
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
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