FABRIC AND CLOTH
This rather odd category, lists the different kinds of
fabric and cloth. There is an enormous
variety in fabrics, with many different national, historical and regional varieties. It i_c interesting to
note, however, that almost all of the types of fabric listed below are variants or blends of just five basic fabric types
viz, silk, cotton, linen, wool and worsted.
ALPACA — fine wool made from alpaca hair
ANGORA — silk-like fabric
made from wool of angora goats
BAIZE — coarse
napped cotton or wool fabric
BROADCLOTH — dense
twilled wool or worsted fabric
BROCADE — rich silk fabric with raised patterns
BURLAP — coarse
plain-woven jute or hemp fabric
CALICO — plain white cotton
CAMBRIC — fine thin
white cotton or linen fabric
CASHMERE — soft twilled fabric made of fine goat's wool
CHAMBRAY — lightweight fabric with coloured
warp and white filling
CHAMOIS — cotton fabric made in imitation of chamois leather
CHIFFON — sheer silk fabric
CHINO — strong
twilled cotton cloth
CHINTZ — glazed
printed cotton fabric
CORDUROY — durable cotton piled fabric with
vertical ribs
CREPE — light crinkled fabric
DAMASK — fine lustrous fabric with flat
patterns and a. satin weave
DENIM — firm and
durable twilled cotton
DRILL —
durable twilled cotton
DUFFEL — fabric of thick, low-quality woolen cloth
DUNGAREE — heavy coarse durable twilled
cotton, usually coloured
FLANNEL — light
woollen fabric
GABARDINE
— closely woven cotton or wool twill
GEORGETTE — thin silk
GINGHAM —• striped cotton cloth
HERRINGBONE
— twilled fabric woven in rows of
parallel sloping lines
JACQUARD — intricately-woven variegated
fabric; loom for making jacquard
JERSEY — plain
weft-knitted fabric of wool, cotton, nylon or silk
KALAMKARI — fabric
coloured by repeated dyeing
KHADDAR — homespun
cotton cloth
MACKINTOSH — lightweight
rubberized waterproof cotton
MADRAS — fine
plain-woven cotton or silk
MERINO — soft
wool of the merino sheep; any soft merino-like wool or
wool and cotton cloth
MOHAIR — fabric made from silky hair
of angora goats
MOLESKIN — heavy
durable cotton
MUSLIN — plain-woven fine cotton
ORGANDIE — fine
translucent cotton
ORGANZA — transparent
thin silk or nylon
PAISLEY — soft wool fabric
with ornamental pattern
PASHMINA — fine goat's wool
fabric used for making shawls
PIQUE — stiff durable corded fabric of cotton, rayon or silk
POPLIN — corded
woven silk and worsted
ROMAL — handkerchief or
headcloth; silk or cotton fabric
SATIN — closely woven
silk with lustrous face
SEERSUCKER — light puckered
cotton or linen fabric
SERGE — strong
twilled worsted
SHETLAND — lightweight loosely twisted
wool fabric
TAFFETA — thin
glossy silk
TULLE — sheer and delicate thin silk
TWEED — rough
twilled wool
VELOUR — piled
velvety cotton
VELVET — soft piled fabric of silk, cotton or synthetic material
VOILE — soft fine sheer fabric
WOOLSEY — cotton and wool blend
WORSTED — fine
closely-woven wool
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