| LABEL CLOTH |
A heavily, but
flexibly, filled fabric, used for labels and tags. |
| LABEL, CARE |
See Care label |
| LABORATORY DIP |
A laboratory dyeing,
usually to develop a dye formula. |
| LABORATORY SAMPLE |
A portion of material
taken to represent the lot sample |
| LAC DYE |
A fairly fast orange
crimson natural dyestuff of the same class as cochineal,
obtained from 'Coccus lacca' |
| LACE |
A fabric consisting
of sets of threads, some of which are twisted round the
others at intervals, thus producing 'holes' as patterning. |
| LACE EFFECT |
A broad term for
novelty fabrics with open, lacy effects |
| LACE FURNISHING
MACHINE |
See under Lace
machines. |
| LACE MACHINES |
Bar warp machine,
Barmen machine...etc |
| LACE QUALITY |
A quantitative
measure of the rate of take-up (and thus the comparative
warp-way) of lace in the machine. |
| LACE SPRIG |
A portion of a
lace appliquéd to a net ground |
| LACE STITCH |
In weft knitting.
An open-work effect |
| LACE YARNS |
Smooth ply cotton
yarns generally produced in the range of 60's to 24o's
counts; generally hard twisted and gassed. |
| LACET |
A braided or woven
narrow fabric, flat or tubular |
| LACING |
See under Leasing. |
| LACING CORD |
See under Cable
cord. |
| LACQUER FINISH |
A chemical process
forming a thin, smooth, highly glazed film on the surface
of the cloth; it may be applied in patterns. |
| LACQUER PRINT |
Lacquer is used
to bind pigments to a fabric. |
| LADDEER BRAID |
Also called 'Lattice
braid' |
| LADDEER STITCH |
An embroidery stitch. |
| LADDER |
Fabric defect.
A wale or several consecutive wales in a weft-knitted
fabric in which the loop formation has collapsed into
straight lengths of yarn. |
| LADDER WEB |
A four-ply woven
narrow fabric, A crochet or warp-knitted narrow fabric |
| LAHORE |
A piece-dyed dress
fabric made from cashmere in small dobby effects. |
| LAID FABRIC |
A fabric made without
weft yarn |
| LAID ROPE |
See under Rope |
| LAID-IN FABRIC,
WARP-KNITTED |
A fabric containing
one or more series of warp threads held into the ground
construction by being trapped between the face loops and
the underlaps of the ground construction. |
| LAID-IN FABRIC,
WEFT-KNITTED |
A fabric containing
non-knitted yarns, which are held in position by the knitted
structure. |
| LAID-PILE FINISH |
See Drawn-pile
finish. |
| LAKE |
In textile field
this is the principle of mordant dyeing and printing. |
| LAMB'S WOOL |
Soft resilient
wool shorn from lambs up to seven months old. |
| LAMBREQUIN |
A decorative fabric |
| LAMBSDOWN |
A plaited knitted
fabric made of soft twist woollen yarn and hard twist
cotton yarn. |
| LAMBSKIN CLOTH |
A cotton fabric
having a high weft sett, with dense nap of fibre on the
surface. |
| LAMÈ |
Any fabric containing
metal yarns. The metal may be added as decoration or it
may exist as the warp or weft thread. |
| LAMÈ JERSEY |
Knitted fabric,
usually acetate, viscose or polyester, with metallic yarn
included as an extra thread in the knitting. |
| LAMINATED FABRIC |
A layered fabric
structure, wherein a face or outer fabric is joined to
a continuous sheet material, such as polyurethane foam |
| LAMINATES |
See Laminated fabric. |
| LAMPAS |
A fabric similar
to brocade, originally an Indian printed silk, but now
a woven fabric with a rep ground and a satin-like pattern
formed by the warp yarns. |
| LAMPWICK |
See Wick |
| LANA FIBRE |
A lustrous seed
hair obtained from a species of bombax tree cotton |
| LANCÉ |
A term applied
to fabrics in which the weft threads interlace with only
a few warp threads at intervals across the fabric |
| LANGLEY |
Unit of energy
received by sample being tested for light fastness or
strength loss |
| LANOLIN |
A complex chemical
substance, fatty in nature and chiefly a mixture of cholesterol
esters obtained from grease wool. |
| LANSDOWN |
A lightweight,
soft, fine dress fabric woven with a silk warp |
| LAP |
A sheet of fibres
or fabric wrapped around a core with specific applications
in different sections of the industry |
| LAP WASTE |
Waste of long fibres,
formed in drawing and spinning processes |
| LAP-FELLED SEAM |
A seam formed with
the edges of both plies of fabric concealed by inter-lapping. |
| LAPEL |
The upper part
of the front edge of a jacket or coat which folds back
on to the forepart. |
| LAPEL ROLL |
The fall and curl
of the lapel downwards from the break seam of the collar
to the first button. |
| LAPPED |
See Cuttled. |
| LAPPED APPLICATION |
A method of zipper
application, in which only one fabric flap covers the
zipper and there is only one row of stitching to the left
of the seamline. |
| LAPPED SEAM |
A complex seam
formed on the inside of the object with neither raw edge
enclosed, and having one visible line of topstitching
on the face side and a small fold formed by the topstitching. |
| LAPPET |
See Ballooning
eye. |
| LAPPET WEAVE |
Type of weave in
which floating threads are carried on the surface of the
fabric and introduced at intervals to form the pattern. |
| LAPPING |
Specially woven
fabric is wound about eight or ten times round the central
pressure bowl of a textile-printing machine to ensure
resilience. |
| LAPPING MOVEMENT |
The compound motion
of the guide bars of warp-knitting machines that presents
the threads to the needles so that loops can be formed |
| LARVA |
Stage of a silkworm's
life when hatched from the egg. |
| LASER CLOTH INSPECTOR |
A device that can
scan grey fabric (up to 64 inches wide) rapidly at speeds
up to 250 yards per minute |
| LASH-IN |
See Jerk-in |
| LASHED PILE |
A filling pile
with each pile pick interwoven with three ends to bind
it securely. |
| LASHING |
The fastening of
the inside seams of coat edgings or facings to the outer
fabric or interlining, in order to hold them in position. |
| LASTING |
A very stout, closely
woven fabric made from hard-twisted yarns. |
| LASTRILE FIBRE |
See Rubber-2 under
Rubber |
| LATCH NEEDLE |
See under Needle |
| LATENT CRIMP |
A crimp that is
potentially present in specially prepared fibres or filaments
and that can be developed by a specific treatment such
as thermal relaxation or tensioning and subsequent relaxation. |
| LATERAL |
A descriptive term
for a textile fibre composed of two or more polymers |
| LATERAL HOLDING
STRENGTH |
The force required
to disengage a snap fastener |
| LATERAL LEAKGE |
The passage of
gases along or through the textile element of a coated
fabric |
| LATEX |
The milky juice
found in certain plants, which is the raw material from
which rubber is made. |
| LATTICE BRAID |
See Ladder braid. |
| LAUNDER-O-METER |
The standard laboratory
device for testing a fabric's colourfastness |
| LAUNDER-PROOF |
Fabrics and garments
which have been laboratory tested to withstand laundering |
| LAUNDERING |
A process intended
to remove soils and/or stains by treatment (washing) with
an aqueous detergent solution and normally including subsequent
rinsing, extracting and drying. |
| LAUNDRY DUCK |
A wide army duck
fabric |
| LAUNDRY-TESTED |
Fabrics and garments
which have passed certain tests for colour fastness to
washing |
| LAWN |
Very fine smooth
plain weave fabric originally made from linen, but more
commonly from cotton and now also featured in man-made
fibres. |
| LAWN FINISH |
A light-starch
finish applied to lawn and other fine-yarn plain fabrics |
| LAY |
A build up of
two or more layers of fabric in identical lengths so that
they can be cut collectively into garment portions. |
| LAY LENGTH |
The pitch of one
complete turn of a yarn in a strand or of a strand in
a rope |
| LAY MARKER |
See Marker. |
| LAY PINS |
Thin steel pins
about 10-15 cm. long with large heads. |
| LAY PLANNING |
The arranging of
patterns of the component parts of a garment |
| LAYING UP |
The act of building
the lay from rolls or piles of fabric |
| LAYOUT PLANNING |
See Lay planning |
| LAZY-DAISY-STITCH |
Long, detached
chain stitches grouped to form a daisy pattern. |
| LCSP |
See Lea count-strength
product. |
| LEA |
A unit length used
to determine the linear density of various yarns, usually
a predetermined fraction of a hank for a specific yarn
number system: |
| LEA COUNT-STRENGTH
PRODUCT |
Also called CSP,
Break factor. |
| LEA SKEIN |
A skein, of length
and circumference specified for the specific yarn numbering
system involved |
| LEACHING |
Percolating action
of a suitable liquid to remove any substance |
| LEADER FABRIC |
A length of fabric
used in finishing or dyeing processes to lead goods through
a machine, and generally left ready for attachment to
a further place when necessary. |
| LEADER MARK |
See Decating mark. |
| LEAF |
Same as 'harness'. |
| LEAF EDGE |
The outer or fall
edge of the collar. |
| LEAF FIBRE |
Also called Hard
fibre |
| LEAFY COTTON |
A ginned cotton
which contains a large amount of small leaf matter. |
| LEASE |
The arrangement
of warp yarns to maintain the same relative position. |
| LEASE BANDS |
. Bands laid across
a warp being wound onto a beam |
| LEASING |
The operation of
inserting a crossed traverse lease-cord in wraps of yarn
on a reel for the purpose of preventing tangling of yarn
during processing, e.g. in hank dyeing, leasing is employed
to facili-tate subsequent winding of a yarn package from
the hank supply. |
| LEATHER CLOTH |
A coated fabric
which is embossed to give a leather-like appearance |
| LEATHER FIBRE,
GROUND |
Waste leather ground
into a fibrous state |
| LEATHERETTE |
Coated fabrics
which suggest leather. |
| LEATHERI |
The hide or skin
of animals |
| LEAVERS LACE |
Trade name which
has developed into a generic term |
| LEAVERS MACHINE |
See under Lace
machines. |
| LEFT TWIST |
Same as 'S' twist. |
| LEFT-HAND TWILL |
See under Lace
machines. |
| LEGS |
See Sides under
Knitted loop. |
| LEICESTER WOOLS |
Lincoln, Cotswold,
Romney Marsh, Cheviot wools, etc., spoken of as long crossbreeds,
and now raised throughout the world, come in this group. |
| LENGTH GROUP |
All fibres, or
pulls, whose lengths fall within a given length interval. |
| LENGTH INTERVAL |
A class interval
of 1/8 in. (3 mm), usually designated by its midpoint
length in odd-numbered sixteenths of an inch. |
| LENGTH OF LAY |
In cords and strands,
the actual distance required to make one 360° revolution
in any element in a strand or cord. |
| LENGTH, BENDING |
See Bending length. |
| LENGTHWISE DIRECTION |
The direction in
a machine-made fabric parallel to the direction of movement
the fabric followed in the manufacturing machine. |
| LENO CRÊPON |
Comprising a cotton
crêpon background cloth with leno-weave style embroidery. |
| LENO FABRIC |
A fabric in which
warp threads have been made to cross one another, between
picks, during leno weaving |
| LENO SELVEDGE |
See under Selvedge. |
| LENO VOILE |
Plain-weave cotton
voile fabric with an open, leno weave stripe in it |
| LENO WEAVE |
A type of weave
in which two adjacent warp yarns cross each other between
the picks |
| LEOPARD |
A buff-coloured,
shorthaired flat fur, with black rosette markings |
| LET-OFF MARK |
Fabric defect in
woven fabrics. |
| LET-OFF MOTION |
A mechanism for
controlled release and tension of yarns or fabrics during
an unwinding operation |
| LETONA |
A leaf fibre obtained
from the plant 'agave letonae'. |
| LETTER PRESS PRINTING |
The printing of
type or illustrations from an image raised in relief |
| LEUCO DYE |
A soluble reduced
form of a dye from which the original dye may be regenerated
by oxidation. |
| LEUCO SULPHUR DYE |
A sulphur dye composition |
| LEVEL DYEING |
The dyeing of cloth
to produce uniformity of colour |
| LEVEL PILE |
In pile yarn floor
covering, pile in which all tuft legs are of substantially
the same length. |
| LEVELLING |
The process leading
to more uniform distribution of a chemical or dye within
a substrate or between substrates. |
| LIBERTY PRINTS |
Trade name for
certain exclusively designed prints |
| LIBERTY SATIN |
Trade name for
a very soft, piece-dyed satin fabric, with raw silk warp
and single spun-silk weft. Used for lingerie, robes, dresses,
wedding gowns, etc. |
| LIFT |
In spinning and
twisting processes, the length of that part of the take-up
package, which is in-tended to be covered by roving or
yarn. |
| LIGHT |
Light is a form
of electromagnetic radiation. |
| LIGHT BEDFORD CORD |
See under Bedford
cord. |
| LIGHT END |
See Fine end. |
| LIGHT FASTNESS |
The property of
a material, expressed usually by an assigned number |
| LIGHT FILLING |
See Thin filling |
| LIGHT FILLING BAR |
See Fine filling
bar. |
| LIGHT PICK |
See Thin filling |
| LIGHT PLACE |
See Fine filling
bar. |
| LIGHT-FAST |
Colour which will
not fade with normal exposure to sunlight. |
| LIGHT-SENSITIVE
VARNISH |
A photographic
emulsion used in the engraved printing roller industry. |
| LIGHTWEIGHT CORDS |
See under Corduroy. |
| LIGNE |
A standard measure,
equal to 0.635 mm (0.025 in.) by which button and ribbons
are measured, |
| LILLE LACE |
Very fine textured
bobbin lace, with patterns outlined in thicker threads,
characterised by a dotted design. |
| LIMBAKI |
A synthetic fabric
for swimwear which has a pile. |
| LIMBRIC |
A light weights
to medium weight, closely woven, plain weave, cotton cloth
made from good quality yarns. |
| LIME BOIL |
See Bowking. |
| LIME PROCESS |
One of the several
methods of loosening wool from skins of dead sheep preparatory
to pulling. |
| LIMERICK LACE |
An Irish lace,
hand-made or machine-made |
| LIMING |
The passage of
bleached fabric through milk of lime. |
| LIMITING OXYGEN
INDEX (LOI) |
See Oxygen index. |
| LIMITING QUALITY
LEVEL (LQL) |
In acceptance sampling,
the fraction of nonconforming items at which the process
average can be considered barely tolerable |
| LIMP FABRIC |
A fabric which
is too soft |
| LINCOLN SHEEP |
This lustrous long-wool
breed, originated in Lincoln County, England |
| LINE |
CORDAGE. Laid,
cabled, or plaited cordage having a diameter of less than
4 mm. |
| LINE DRY |
A method of drying
hand washed or machine washed articles by hanging them
on a line. |
| LINEAR DENSITY |
Mass per unit length |
| LINEAR POLYMER |
A polymer formed
by end-to-end linking of molecular units. |
| LINEN |
Yarn, thread or
fabric spun from flax fibres, are called linen. They are
very strong and have high lustre |
| LINEN CANVAS |
Close and even
weave, beige coloured canvas of excellent quality for
tailoring use. |
| LINEN FINISH, SIMULATED |
Finishes such as
mercerising, calendering, sizing, applied to cotton fabric
to give it a linen-like hand. |
| LINEN PROVER |
See Counting glass. |
| LINEN TESTER |
See Counting glass. |
| LINEN TWILL |
a twill weave line
fabric |
| LINEN-LOOK |
Made to resemble
plain-weave linen suiting, which were developed when linen
became very expensive for dress wear. |
| LINGERIE |
women's undergarments. |
| LINGERIE KNIT |
A very wide tricot
fabric, of all weights, which is easy to sew. |
| LINGERIE RIBBON |
Any type of fine
and soft ribbon suitable for use on ladies' underwear. |
| LINING |
A fabric used to
cover the inner sides of garments. Lining fabric is made
from silk, viscose, acetate, triacetate, polyester, cupro. |
| LININNESS |
Longitudinal defects |
| LINKING |
Also called Looping. |
| LINKING COURSE |
See Slack course |
| LINKING DIAL |
A circular metal
plate, in a linking machine |
| LINKING MACHINE |
The commonest use
of linking machines is for attaching neck ribs to knitwear. |
| LINKS-LINKS |
See Fancy purl. |
| LINOLEUM |
A floor covering
made of a composition of oxidised linseed oil mixed with
ground cork and other pigments |
| LINSEY |
A term once used
to describe any waste or rags containing wool. |
| LINSEY-WOLSEY |
Formerly known
as 'Linsey-woolsey'.
A coarse linen fabric. |
| LINT |
Debris from the
textile fibres which accumulates in and around the machinery. |
| LINT BALL |
See Fuzz ball. |
| LINT CONTENT |
That portion of
a mass of cotton fibre consisting of fibre, including
normal moisture content, but excluding foreign matter. |
| LINT COTTON |
Loose cotton fibres
in any form, either raw or processed |
| LINT DOCTOR |
A steel blade positioned
at the back of an engraved roller-printing machine |
| LINTERS |
Fibres of very
short staple length |
| LIPASESE |
See under Enzymes |
| LIQUID AMMONIA
TREATMENT |
A later development
on mercerising. |
| LIQUOR RATIO |
See Liquor : goods
ratio. |
| LIQUOR: GOODS RATIO
(LR) |
Also called Goods
ratio, Liquor ratio. |
| LIRELLE |
Trade name for
a polyester fibre with high degree of wet strength. |
| LISLE |
THREAD. A highly
twisted, plied, usually 2-ply, good quality cotton hosiery
yarn, spun generally in fine counts |
| LIST |
See Selvedge. |
| LISTING |
See Selvedge. |
| LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING |
Printing from pigment
colour adhering to a mixed-wax printed pattern on the
level surface |
| LIVELY YARN |
See Snarly yarn. |
| LIVERPOOL POCKET |
A ticket pocket
backed with an inside welt. |
| LIZARD |
A rigid snake skin,
available usually as a trimming. |
| LLAMA |
The hair of the
fleece of llama, an animal of the camel family similar
to alpaca, but slightly larger in size, found in South
America. |
| LOAD |
To apply a force. |
| LOAD AT SPECIFIED
ELONGATION |
The force required
to produce a specified percentage elongation. |
| LOAD DEFORMATION
CURVE |
In textile testing,
a relationship between the change in a dimension (in the
direction of the applied force) of the specimen, as a
result of the use of an external load and the magnitude
of that load, expressed graphically. |
| LOADING |
Increasing the
weight of fabrics by addition of various substances during
finishing. |
| LOAFT |
A term used to
describe the springiness of wool |
| LOCK |
A tuft of wool |
| LOCK THREAD CANVAS |
A lattice-effect
embroidery canvas |
| LOCK-STITCH |
The simple type
of lockstitch is formed with two threads, a needle thread
and a bobbin thread |
| LOCKNIT |
A fabric made on
a warp-knitting machine |
| LODEN CLOTH |
Originated from
Austria and still associated with the country, this is
a thick heavy fabric woven from the fleeces of mountain
sheep. |
| LOFTY |
A term applied
to an assemblage of springy and fluffy fibres |
| LOG WOOD |
A black dyestuff
obtained from a tree grown mainly in Central and South
America. |
| LOI |
See Limiting oxygen
index |
| LONDON SHRUNK |
A process for shrinking
wool cloth before tailoring is begun. |
| LONG AND SHORT
STITCH |
Alternating long
and short stitches used to fill in parts of a design or
as a darning stitch. |
| LONG KNOT |
In raw silk, knots
which have loose ends from 3 to 25 mm in length. |
| LONG SLUG |
In raw silk, a
slug which exceeds 10 mm in length or which is very much
larger in diameter than the yarn. |
| LONG STAPLE COTTON |
Cotton fibres 11/3
inches or longer. |
| LONG WOOLS |
Those wools which
average in length between 1 to 6 inches in staple length. |
| LONG-STITCH |
A synonym for Satin
stitch. |
| LONGCLOTH |
An old-fashioned
term referring to the first fabric to be produced in long
lengths and rolled. |
| LOOK-OVER |
An inspector, percher,
and final inspector of a fabric. |
| LOOM |
A mechanical device
which inter-weave yarns into a fabric. |
| LOOM EFFEICIENCY |
The percentage
loom running time during normal working hours |
| LOOM FIGURED |
Fabrics having
a woven design produced in the weaving process |
| LOOM FINISHED |
Fabric marketed
in the condition in which it comes from the loom |
| LOOM FLY |
Also called Flyer.
Fabric defect. |
| LOOM GOODS |
Same as Greige
goods or Grey goods. |
| LOOM PRODUCTION |
The output of a
loom in sq. yards/unit time. |
| LOOM SPEED |
Usually measured
in picks/min. |
| LOOM TIMING |
The synchronization
of the various loom functions |
| LOOM WIDTH |
See Width in reed. |
| LOOM-STATE |
The state of a
woven fabric when it is just removed from the loom. |
| LOOMING |
A term covering
the processes involved in the preparing a weaver's beam
for the loom |
| LOONGEE |
Also called Lungi |
| LOOP |
See Curl. |
| LOOP DENSITY |
The number of loops
within an area of fabric expressed as loops per cm2 or
loops per in2. |
| LOOP FORMING SINKERS |
See under Sinkers. |
| LOOP LENGTH |
In pile structures,
the continuous length of yarn or fibres |
| LOOP PILE |
See under Pile
in carpet |
| LOOP RUCHE |
See under Ruche. |
| LOOP SELVEDGE |
This selvedge retains
the count at the edges of cloth |
| LOOP STITCH |
A type of hand
stitch used for oversewing edges |
| LOOP TRANSFER |
In knitting, the
process of moving loops, wholly or in part |
| LOOP WHEEL KNITTING
MACHINE |
A circular weft
knitting machine |
| LOOP YARN |
See Curled yarn. |
| LOOP-RAISED FABRIC |
A fabric produced
from continuous filament yarns, |
| LOOPED PILE FLOOR
COVERING |
A pile floor covering
in which the pile is composed of uncut loops only. |
| LOOPED SELVEDGES |
Fabric defect. |
| LOOPED YARN |
See Kink |
| LOOPER |
In sewing machine.
An element on chain stitch machines that is instrumental
in forming loops but does not pass through the fabric
being seamed. |
| LOOPER WIRE |
See Edge wire. |
| LOOPING |
See Linking. |
| LOOPLESS TOE |
The length of yarn
in one loop of a simple weft knitted fabric |
| LOOPY EDGE |
See Loopy selvedge |
| LOOPY SELVEDGE |
Fabric defect.
Also called Beaded selvedge, Corded selvedge, Loopy edge,
Rough selvedge. |
| LOOPY YARN |
A textured yarn
that is essentially free of stretch |
| LOOSE COURSE |
Fabric defect,
in knitted fabrics. |
| LOOSE EDGE |
See Slack selvedge. |
| LOOSE PICK |
See Slack pick |
| LOST ENDS |
See Sleepers |
| LOT |
A production unit
or a group of other units or packages which is used for
sampling or statistical examination. |
| LOT SAMPLE |
One or more shipping
units taken at random to represent a consignment |
| LOURING |
In hat manufacture,
the improvement in the lustre of felt hoods or bodies |
| LOUSINE |
Plain silk fabric
with a glossy texture, and a coarse surface like a very
small basket weave. |
| LOUSINESS |
Also called Exfoliation |
| LOUVER CLOTH |
A woven, netting
fabric having a mesh size less than 12 by 12, made from
coated glass yarn |
| LOVAT |
greeny-gray. |
| LOVE |
A very sheer, plain
silk fabric made in U.K. |
| LOW CHARGED SYSTEM |
See under Charged
system |
| LOW ORIENTATION
YARN |
A yarn of low molecular
orientation suitable for orientation by drawing at a high
ratio |
| LOW-POWER STRETCH |
That property of
a fabric whereby it exhibits high fabric stretch and good
recovery from low loads. |
| LOWE SILK |
An experimental
yarn developed in the early 20th century, it was made
of a silk filament surrounded with a rayon solution. |
| LOWRY |
A cylindrical cotton
bale made from continuous flat coil |
| LOY |
See Low oriented
yarn. |
| LOZENGE |
See Diamond |
| LR |
See Liquor : goods
ratio |
| LUBRICATED YARNS |
Man-made yarns
which have been soaked or treated with a lubricant |
| LUCET |
Also called Chain
fork. |
| LUCETTED CORD |
Square knitted
cord produced with the aid of a lucet. |
| LUG |
See Bail. |
| LUGGAGE CLOTH |
Any fabric employed
on luggage. |
| LUMEN |
The central longitudinal
canal or cavity in vegetable fibres such as cotton. |
| LUMINANCE |
In a coloured object,
luminance is a measure of the apparent overall reflectance. |
| LUMP |
Yarn defect. See
Slub, Slug. |
| LUREX |
Trade name for
a metallic yarn, produced in various colours by coating
thin sheets of aluminium on both sides, using a thermoplastic
resin. |
| LUSTERING |
See Lustring. |
| LUSTRE |
A property describing
the brilliance of light reflection from the surface of
yarn or fabric. |
| LUSTRE WOOLS |
A group of five
major wools (Lincoln, Leicester, Romney Marsh, and Cheviot)
which originated in the U.K., but, are now grown all over
the world |
| LUSTRING |
A finishing process
which produces lustre on yarns or cloth |
| LUXOR |
A soft, ribbed,
heavyweight silk-satin |
| LYCRA |
Trade name for
a two-way stretch spandex fibre. It has remarkable elasticity
and instant recovery |
| LYE |
An alkaline liquid
used for scouring textile material. |
| LYNX |
Silky, soft long
fur of this wild cat; colors vary from fawn to grey. |
| LYOCELL |
Generic name attributed
to the very important and latest fibre, which is of great
interest. It is biodegradable and hence, environmental
friendly. |
| LYONS GOLD THREAD |
See under Gold
thread |
| LYONS VELVET |
Fine quality thick
velvet fabric with a stiff, erect, high pile. |
