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METIER PINCES [2 records]

Record 1 2006-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

A loom, which uses one or more grippers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

La chenille peut être façonnée au mieux sur un métier à pinces étant donné que c'est un fil relativement gros par rapport aux autres fils simples ou retors de même titre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
CONT

Axminster carpet: A machine-woven carpet in which successive weftwise rows of pile are inserted during weaving ... There are four main types of Axminster looms: spool, gripper, gripper-spool, and chenille.

Key term(s)
  • spool gripper loom

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol

Spanish

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