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Barrel cuff :
Variety of cuff in a shirt, composed of two buttons, to give more ease.

Corozo :
Vegetable ivory, substance drawn from the seeds of certain palm trees of Africa and America, and which is used for the manufacture of small objects, like buttons for example.

Double twisted :

technique of weaving requiring the use of two wire woven between them, and which gets for fabric a flexibility, a softness and an incomparable solidity.

Fully fashioned:

That is when for example the sleeves and the body part are sewed together and not simply one with the other, that gives to clothes a better resistance.

 
Lappet weaving :

weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
Mother of pearl :

A hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusc shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc
Stiffener :

In a shirt it is the small plastic end which slips at the ends of the collar to maintain it.

Swivel weaving :

The process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
Warp :

The set of yarns placed lengthwise in the loom, crossed by and interlaced with the weft, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric.

 

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Acetate rayon : synthetic filament, yarn, or fabric composed of a derivative of the acetic ester of cellulose, differing from viscose rayon in having greater strength when wet and greater sensitivity to high temperatures. Polyester : usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
Acrylic fiber : synthetic textile fibers made by the polymerization of acrylonitrile as the principal component with one or more other monomers. Poplin : fabric, resembling broadcloth, rep, or poplin and made with silk or rayon warp and wool filling.
Alpaca : long, soft, silky fleece of a domesticated South American hoofed mammal, Lama pacos. Rayon : regenerated, semi synthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
Angora : the yarn, fabric, or garment made from the hair of the Angora goat or of the Angora rabbit. Satin : fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
Astrakhan : fur of young lambs from Astrakhan, with lustrous, closely curled wool. Seersucker : plain woven cotton, rayon, or linen fabric: traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving.
Cashmere : fine, downy wool at the roots of the hair of the Kashmir goat. Serge : twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
Calico : plain white cotton cloth. Silk : the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
Canvas : closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen. Spandex : generic term for stretch fibers often added to other fibers to give them elasticity.
Chiffon : sheer fabric of silk, nylon, or rayon in plain weave. Terry cloth : pile fabric, usually of cotton, with loops on both sides, as in a Turkish towel.
Corduroy : cotton-filling pile fabric with lengthwise cords or ridges. Tussah : tan silk from India, like Shantung.
Cotton : soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family. Tweed : coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and hand woven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
Flannel : soft, slightly napped fabric generally of wool. Twill weave : one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are woven over and under two or more warp yarns, producing a characteristic diagonal pattern.
Gabardine : firm, tightly woven fabric of worsted, cotton, polyester, or other fiber, with a twill weave. Velour : velvet like fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers.
Jute : strong, coarse fiber obtained from East Indian plants : Corchorus capsularis, of the linden family. Velvet: fabric of silk, nylon, acetate, rayon, etc., sometimes having a cotton backing, with a thick, soft pile formed of loops of the warp thread either cut at the outer end or left uncut.
Linen : fabric woven from flax yarns. Vicuna : delicate and soft wool coming from a wild South American animal :Vicugna of the Andes.
Merino : breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool. Viscose : prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.
Mohair : the coat or fleece of an Angora goat. Wool : the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals.
Nylon : any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine. Woolbendmark : variety of wool which contains a majority of pure new wool (minimum 60%).
Organdy : fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed. Woolmark : variety of wool which is 100% pure new wool.
Percale : closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth.
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