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LOW-LINTING [1 record]

Record 1 1991-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Synthetic Fabrics
  • Work Clothes
CONT

Tyvek, a new industrial fabric for protective clothing, is a low-linting fabric.

OBS

lint: to give off bits of thread, ravelings or fluff from cloth or yarn. (Based on WEBCO, 1988, p. 787.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
  • Vêtements de travail
OBS

faible: minime.

OBS

peluchage: Fait de pelucher.

OBS

pelucher: En parlant d'un tissu, se recouvrir d'un duvet provenant de fines particules de ce tissu.

OBS

pelucheux: [...]; qui peluche. Étoffe pelucheuse

Key term(s)
  • peu plucheux

Spanish

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