| WADDED CLOTH |
Fabric made with
heavy extra warp or weft yarns, |
| WAFFLE WEAVE |
Square or oblong-shaped
box formation |
| WALE |
In knitted fabrics,
an intermeshed row of loops along the length of a weft
knitted fabric |
| WALE SHAPING |
Two and three dimensional
shaping of knitted fabric |
| WALL |
In cotton fibre,
the solid portion of the cotton fibre, |
| WARP |
The longitudinal
yarns in a woven fabric. |
| WARP KNITTING |
Making fabric by
a method in which the loops made from each warp thread
are formed mainly along the length of the fabric |
| WARP PRINT |
Warp yarns are
printed with the design before weaving. |
| WARP SHED |
The opening through
which weft is inserted in a loom. |
| WARP SHEET |
A multitude of
warp yarns parallel to each other. |
| WARP YARN |
Yarn intended
for use or used in warp of a woven fabric |
| WARP- SATEEN |
A warp-faced sateen,
made with a considerably greater number of ends than picks
per inch. |
| WARP-FACED FABRICS |
Fabrics with more
ends on the face than picks |
| WARPING |
The production
of a sheet of parallel yarn |
| WASH |
Any cleansing operation
done in water or water containing detergents, alkalis
or builders |
| WASH GOODS |
Launderable textile
fabrics, manufactured textile items or garments |
| WASH-AND-WEAR |
A generic term
applied to garments which satisfactorily retain their
original neat appearance |
| WASHABLE |
Fabrics or garments
which may be washed without damage to color or shrinkage. |
| WASHING |
Treatment designed
to clean textile articles in an aqueous bath. |
| WASHING-OFF |
Treatment of textile
material in water or detergent solution |
| WASTE FACTOR |
In garment manufacturing,
the amount of material left when garment portions are
cut |
| WASTE SILK |
The short, unreeled
filaments that are left after the long cocoon filaments
have been removed. |
| WATER HARDNESS |
Hardness of water
is expressed in 'degrees' indicating number of parts of
calcium or magnesium salts in terms of calcium carbonate
present in 100,000 parts of water |
| WATER RETENTION |
The moisture remaining
in and on a fibre |
| WATER SOFTENER |
A chemical added
to hardwater to bring down its hardness |
| WATER SPOTTING |
An unattractive
physical change produced on some surfaces by a drop of
water |
| WATER-PROOFING |
Weaterproofed fabrics
shed water under all pressures. |
| WATER-REPELLENT |
A textile material,
which has the ability to resist surface wetting. |
| WATER-RESISTANT |
A fabric which
has the ability to resist wetting and penetration of water. |
| WATT SILK |
A waste silk produced
in the cultivation of the silkworm. |
| WAVE TWILL |
A twill weave with
a wave or zigzag design |
| WEAR- RESISTANCE |
The ability of
a fabric to resist deterioration |
| WEATHER CLOTH |
A fabric that will
withstand all types of inclement weather |
| WEATHER RESISTANCE |
Ability of a material
to resist degradation of its properties |
| WEAVE |
The process of
forming a fabric on a loom by interlacing the warp and
weft threads with each other. |
| WEAVE ANALYSIS |
The physical analysis
of a fabric to determine its construction. |
| WEAVE EFFECT |
The distinctive
effect developed in a fabric by the weave |
| WEAVE PATTERN |
Also called Point
paper design and Draft |
| WEAVE REPEAT |
The smallest number
of ends and picks |
| WEAVING |
Process of making
cloth by interlacing yarns at right angles |
| WEFT |
Another name for
Filling. A yarn intended for use in the filling of a woven
fabric. |
| WEFT-FACED TWILL |
A weave characterised
by diagonal lines produced by a series of floats |
| WEFTLESS FABRIC |
a sheet of parallel
cords surrounded by uncured rubber compound. |
| WEIGHT OF FABRIC |
The weight of fabric
may be expressed in length per unit weight |
| WEIGHTING |
The finishing application
of certain salts to a fabric (mostly silk) |
| WET CLEANING |
The aqueous process
for cleaning of heavily soiled fabrics with soap. |
| WET DOUBLING |
The combination
by twisting together of two or more single yarns |
| WET FINISHING |
The application
of aqueous or other liquid treatments in one or more steps
to impart different finishes to yarn or fabric. |
| WET PICK-UP |
The amount of liquid
and material carried by the liquid, applied to a textile. |
| WET PROCESSING. |
A collective term
for processes included in preparation, dyeing, printing,
and finishing |
| WET SOILING |
The application
of soil from a liquid medium. |
| WET STRENGTH |
The strength of
a textile material evaluated, when the material is in
a thoroughly wet state |
| WET TWISTING |
This is contrasted
with the standard 'dry twisting' |
| WHIPCORD |
Also called Artillery
twill. A firm, compact, twill weave fabric using bulky
yarns to give a raised look to the twill ribs. |
| WHITE-BACK DENIM |
Another name for
standard denim |
| WHITENESS |
Whiteness is the
attribute |
| WHITNEY |
Overcoating cloth
made in wool. |
| WICKING |
Term used to describe
how moisture can run along a fibre which in itself may
be totally non-absorbent. |
| WIDENING |
In knitting. A
term used to describe the movement of loops outwards at
the selvedge of a piece of fabric. |
| WIDTH |
A transverse measurement
of a material, i.e. from side to side, or at right angles
to the length. |
| WIGAN |
Dull-finish, plain-weave
cotton cloth, usually in dark colours but resembling sheeting. |
| WIGAN FINISH |
A firm, starched,
plain-calendered finish without lustre |
| WILD SILK |
Fibres extruded
by insect larvae other than Bombyx mori. |
| WINCH |
A machine designed
for solution treatment (washing, scouring, dyeing, etc.)
of piece goods while in the form of rope or endless lengths. |
| WIND MULTIPLE |
The winding of
two or more ends onto a tube or cone in parallel form |
| WINDBREAKER CLOTH |
A group of closely
woven fabrics used for sports jackets |
| WOOD FABRIC |
A plain weave fabric
made with warp of hard-spun cotton or raw silk |
| WOOD PULP YARNS |
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| WOOL |
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| WOOL DYED |
Wool yarn or fabric
made from wool |
| WOOL OIL |
A lubricant applied
to wool or hair fibres |
| WOOLLEN |
Description of
yarns, fabrics or garments made of yarns of carded wool,
more loosely twisted than 'worsted' yarns. |
| WOOLLEN COUNT |
Traditional counts
depend upon the spinning system used |
| WOOLLEN FINISH |
A napping treatment
given to some cotton fabrics |
| WORMING |
A nautical term
for filling up the divisions between the lay (strands) |
| WORSTED |
Yarn. Worsted yarn
is spun from long staple, wool fibres |
| WORSTED SYSTEM |
Spinning of worsted
yarns from medium or longer wools, alpaca and mohair. |
| WORSTED-TYPE FABRIC |
A fabric manufactured
wholly from worsted-type (worsted-spun) yarns |
| WOVEN |
Double thread
system, lengthwise (warp) and crosswise (weft) |
| WOVEN FABRIC |
A structure produced
when at least two sets of strands are interlaced, usually
at right angles to each other |
| WOVEN STRETCH FABRIC |
A woven fabric
which is capable of at least 20 % stretch in either warp
or weft direction |
| WRAPPER FIBRES |
Also called Belly
bands |
| WRINKLE |
Fabric defect. |
| WRINKLE RECOVERY |
Also called Crease
recovery. That property of a fabric, which by its own
resilience enables it to recover from folding deformations. |
| WRINKLE RESISTANCE |
That property and
capacity of a textile material, which enables it to resist
the formation of wrinkles |
