| J-BOX |
A large J-shaped
vessel or structure used for the continuous steaming or
wet processing of textiles. |
| J-CUT |
Uneven cutting
of the pile loops in tufted carpets |
| J-SCRAY |
A J-shaped trough
or vessel for the processing of textiles from one process
to another. |
| JACKET |
A textile product,
woven or felted into tubular or sleeve form |
| JACONET |
Thin, plain-weave
cotton fabric, heavier than cambric but similar in type,
it is glazed on the right side to produce a high luster |
| JACQMAR |
A very sheer, fine
worsted fabric. |
| JACQUARD |
The name is associated
with the production of elaborate figured design fabrics
with complex patterns and large repeats containing hundreds
or even thousands of different interlacings. |
| JACQUARD CARD |
A punched card
used to control a jacquard mechanism |
| JACQUARD DRILL |
A heavy drill fabric
made with contrasting colours in warp and filling. |
| JACQUARD KNIT |
Sectional patterns
or all-over design patterns in colour and texture produced
on knitting machines. |
| JACQUARD LOOM |
A typical Jacquard
machine would have a number of 'hooks' arranged in rows. |
| JACQUARD MECHANISM |
IN WEAVING. A
shedding mechanism, attached to a loom |
| JACQUARD WEAVE |
Elaborate figured
weave produced on the Jacquard loom. |
| JAFFER |
A plain weave cotton
fabric |
| JAGO |
A type of linen
fabric |
| JAIPUR PRINT |
See Jeypore print |
| JAMAICA |
A type of raw cotton
from the West Indies |
| JAMAVAR |
A plain or twill
weave cashmere wool fabric made in Kashmir. |
| JAMDANEE |
A group of costly,
fine cotton muslins in elaborate woven designs |
| JAMKALAM |
A coarse cotton
rug without pile, made of native cotton in India. |
| JAMMED |
A fabric in which
the ends are jammed so closely together that no more could
be fitted in |
| JANDARI |
See Jamdanee |
| JANUS CLOTH |
A double-faced
worsted fabric with a different colour on each side. |
| JAP SILK |
Also called China
Silk. |
| JAPONAIS |
A very light weight
silk poplin from several qualities of gray yarns |
| JAPPE |
A fine plain weave
fabric woven from continuous filament yarns |
| JASPÈ |
Also called Jasper. |
| JASPÈ CARPET |
Carpet having a
flame-like regular pattern |
| JASPÈ YARN |
A filament yarn
that has the appearance of being, but is not, made of
two differently coloured yarns folded together. |
| JASPER |
See Jaspè. |
| JAVA |
A cotton fabric
with red, yellow and white stripes on red ground. |
| JEAN |
Very hardwearing
cotton fabric, similar to denim-drill, but usually softer,
lighter and finer to handle |
| JEANETTE |
Lighter weight
jean fabrics are sometimes called jeanette |
| JEDIM |
See Dsedim. |
| JENKINS |
A commercial variety
of early maturing, prolific American cotton |
| JERK-BACK |
See Jerk-in. |
| JERK-IN |
Also called Lash-in,
Jerk-back, Pull-in. Fabric defect. |
| JERSEY |
A generic term
applied to describe warp or weft knitted piece goods,
usually stocking stitch, made from any fibre, including
cotton, wool, silk, nylon acetate, triacetate, polyester,
acrylic, modal. It has 'give' and elasticity and is comfortable
to wear. |
| JERSEY GABARDINE |
Although Gabardine
is strictly speaking a woven cloth, many of the old terms
have to be used to de-scribe new-effect fabrics |
| JERSEY VELOUR |
Plush surfaced,
knit fabric with attractive velvety appearance. At the
back it is a smooth knit fairly stable fabric, while the
pile on the right side is short and soft |
| JET |
A narrow strip
of fabric, usually cut warpwise, sewn parallel to the
pocket opening and turned over the pocket mouth edge |
| JET LOOM |
A shuttleless loom |
| JET PRINTING |
See Polychromatic
printing. |
| JET SPINNING |
See Air-jet spinning. |
| JET-DYEING MACHINE |
A machine for
dyeing fabric in rope form |
| JETTED POCKET |
A pocket-mouth
on which the edges are finished by the application of
jettings. |
| JETTING |
Se Jet. |
| JEYPORE PRINT |
See Jaipur print |
| JIG |
Also called Jigger. |
| JIGGER |
A style of lady's
short, loose jacket. |
| JIGGER STENTER |
A stenter in which
a to-and-fro longitudinal motion can be given to the side
frame carrying the clip chain while the fabric is moved
forward. |
| JOB FINISHER |
See Commision finisher |
| JOCKEY CLOTH |
A high-grade weft-faced
fabric made with two ply silk in the warp and single botany
wool weft, in a two up, one down twill weave. |
| JOCKEY SATIN |
See Slipper satin. |
| JOINING LINE |
See Seam. |
| JOSEPHINE TRICOT |
A very open, crochet
fabric |
| JOUY PRINT |
Cotton or linen
fabric printed with modern reproductions of 18th century
French prints. |
| JUGAN NATH |
A coarse longcloth
made in the Kota District, India. |
| JUMBO CORD |
See under Corduroy. |
| JUMEL COTTON |
A perennial tree
cotton. |
| JUMPER UNDERPRESS |
A type of underpressing
machine, which has a steam heated buck and an iron which
is mounted on the end of a swinging arm (jointed or straight). |
| JUNCO |
A fibre obtained
from the shrub or small tree, Koeberlinia spinosa. |
| JUNGLE CLOTH |
A trade name for
heavy, closely woven, cotton fabric |
| JUTE |
Soft, but coarse
hardwearing fibres from the inner bark of the round pod
jute ('Corchorus capsularis'), the long pod jute ('Corchorus
olitorius') and from the inner bark of other closely re-lated
plants, such as kenaf, sometimes referred to as 'Meshta'
('Hibiscus cannabinus'). |
| JUTE RUG BACKING |
Plain weave jute
fabric in single construction. |
| JUTE-SPUN |
Descriptive of
staple yarn that has been prepared and spun on machinery
originally designated for spinning yarn from jute |
