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Woven threads/yarn in a fabric which run across the width of the fabric, see also Warp

In weaving a chair seat, the strands that are woven across the weft (from side rung to side rung) forming a pattern.

The woof is the same thing as the weft.

Comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'owef'. It is another name for the warp or warp yarn. Sometimes in advertising textiles, the word has been used to imply filling yarn, and made to interchange with the other term, weft.

Horizontal fibers in fabric; also called weft or filling.

A filling thread or yarn in weaving.

The threads that cross the warp of a woven fabric; the weft.

A fine, lightweight cotton in a plain weave that is produced in the finishing processes from the same gray goods as used for batiste, cambric, lawn. Soft and has a slight luster in the better...

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A short length of warp or weft yarn that has twisted on itself owing to lively twist (see twist liveliness) or insufficient tension. NOTE: The snarling may occur during or prior to the weaving...

A particular form of pressure mark (q.v.) in a fabric, and that is produced by the relief print-off of defects such as slubs or seams joining lengths of fabric, under excessive rolling tension or by...