In textile manufacturing, plating refers to a technique in which two or more different yarns are woven or knitted together in a way that creates a specific visual effect. This can be achieved by...
a) Descriptive of textile materials the normal lustre (q.v.) of which has been reduced by physical or chemical means.
b) The colour quality, an increase in which may be compared with the effect of...
A tight fitting garment, designed to reduce friction. Used to describe the type of shorts worn by runners or a kind of trunks or briefs worn by racing swimmers. Also used to describe a form of brief...
A bikini is a type of women's bathing suit, characterized by two separate parts?one covering the breasts, the other the groin and buttocks, leaving an uncovered area between the two...
A yarn that has been so processed as to introduce durable crimps (q.v.), coils, loops or other fine distortions along the length of the fibres or filaments.
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a) The main texturing processes...