TextileGlossary.com

What is "Bale" - Definition & Explanation
Last Updated on: 11-Jan-2024 (6 months, 16 days ago)
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Bale
A package of compressed raw cotton, weighing, for American cotton, about 500 lbs.; for Egyptian, 700 lbs.; Brazilian, 250 lbs.; and East Indian, 400 lbs.

Some more terms:

Lawn

A light, fine cloth made using carded or combed linen or cotton yarns in a plain weave. The fabric has a crease-resistant, crisp finish. The name derived from Laon, a city in France, where linen lawn...

Read about Lawn

Blazer

A blazer is a kind of single breasted coat, closely related to a suit jacket. Generally, it differs from a suit jacket in that the buttons are usually metallic, and the outer material generally more...

Read about Blazer

Modacrylic Fiber

A manufactured fiber similar to acrylic in characteristics and end-uses. Modacrylics have a higher resistance to chemicals and combustion than acrylic, but also have a lower safe ironing temperature...

Read about Modacrylic Fiber

Needle

Small, slender piece of steel with a hole for thread and a point for stitching fabric. Machine embroidery needles come in sharp-points for piercing heavy, tightly woven fabric; ball-points, which...

Read about Needle

Dye Liquor

Dye-liquor is a term used in the textile industry to describe the liquid solution or bath containing dyes and various auxiliary chemicals that are used to dye textile materials. It is an essential...

Read about Dye Liquor

Fluorescent Brightener

A substance that is added to a textile (uncoloured or coloured) to increase the apparent light reflectance in the visible region by the conversion of ultraviolet radiation into visible light and so...

Read about Fluorescent Brightener

Tracksuit

A tracksuit is a article of clothing consisting of two parts- trousers and a jacket. It was originally intended for use in sports mainly as what athletes wore over the clothes they competed in to be...

Read about Tracksuit

Dimensional stability

Results when a fiber or fabric will neither stretch or shrink. Relaxation shrinkage is when fibers, when elongated during weaving or finishing relax to their natural size after being washed....

Read about Dimensional stability

Add a definition

Add a definition for a textile term that you know about! Send us an email & tell us:
  • The term you want to define
  • Its definition in 500 words or less
  • Attach an image if necessary.
  • Optionally, tell us about yourself in 200 words or less!

Companies for Bale:

If you manufacture, distribute or otherwise deal in Bale, please fill your company details below so that we can list your company for FREE! Send us the following details:
  • Company name
  • Company address
  • Attach a logo, if necessary.
  • Optionally, tell us about yourself in 200 words or less!

Did you know this fact? Fashion designer Coco Chanel was born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel and grew up in an orphanage.
(s) 2024 TextileGlossary.com Some rights reserved. • Sitemap