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HOPSACK [5 records]

Record 1 2022-07-24

English

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

A variation of the plain weave in which two or more warp and filling threads are woven side by side to resemble a plaited basket.

OBS

This weave is flatter, and, through less crimp, stronger than a plain weave, but it is also less stable.

Key term(s)
  • basketweave
  • hop-sack weave

French

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

Variante de l'armure toile obtenue en faisant passer alternativement deux ou plusieurs duites par-dessous, puis par-dessus deux ou plusieurs fils de chaîne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

A roughly woven clothing fabric made with a basket weave or another novelty weave with the same effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
DEF

Tissu [...] dont l'armure est une variante de l'armure toile, présentant de petits damiers.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-07-14

English

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

French

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

L'armure du tissu présente dans le natté une variation délibérée.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
DEF

A jersey fabric incorporating coursewise laid-in yarns on a 1X1 tuck-and-miss basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
CONT

Molleton à point d'accrochage visible. Tricot jersey dans lequel est accroché, sur l'envers, par une boucle de charge, un fil, en général de masse linéique plus élevée que celle du fil de fond. Les points d'accrochage peuvent être disposés d'une maniére quelconque. Exemple : Molleton à point d'accrochage visible ayant une boucle de charge et 3 mailles disposées en quinconce.

OBS

Ce type de tricot subit ultérieurement, le plus souvent, un traitement, tel que le grattage; ceci explique sa dénomination.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

material of hemp and jute used esp. by hopgrowers as sacks; syn. :hopsack : a rough surfaced clothing fabric loosely woven of various fibers in an open basket weave

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile

Spanish

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