silk (cloth)
71Chino cloth — Pants made from chino cloth. Chino cloth is a twill fabric, originally made of 100% cotton. Today it is also found in cotton synthetic blends. Developed in the mid 19th century for British and French military uniforms and known as khaki, it has… …
72Altar cloth — Altar covered with white altar cloths. An (altar cloth) is used by various religious groups to cover an altar. Christianity, ancient Judaism, and Buddhism are among the world religions that use altar cloths. Because many altars are made of wood… …
73Sea silk — is an extremely fine, rare and valuable fabric produced from the long silky filaments or byssus secreted by a gland in the foot of several bivalve mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis L.) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed. [ Webster… …
74Double cloth — Dove and Rose jacquard woven silk and wool double cloth furnishing textile, designed by William Morris in 1879.[1] Double cloth or double weave (also doublecloth, double cloth) is a kind of woven …
75Golden silk orb-weaver — Nephila redirects here. For the use in Aramaic culture, see Orion (constellation). For the race mentioned in the Book of Genesis, see Nephilim. Golden silk orb weaver Temporal range: Middle Jurassic Recent, 165–0 Ma …
76Stuff (cloth) — Stuff was a type of coarse thickly woven cloth manufactured in various places, formerly including Kidderminster. Originally it was probably entirely of wool, but later a woolsey linsey cloth, made with a warp of linen yarn and a worsted weft. The …
77bolting cloth — noun Etymology: bolting (I) : a firm fabric now usually of silk woven in various mesh sizes for bolting (as flour) or for use in screen printing, needlework, or photographic enlargements * * * a sturdy fabric, usually of fine silk or nylon mesh,… …
78bolt|ing cloth — «BOHL tihng», 1. cloth, as of linen or silk, for bolting or sifting meal. 2. the silk to which the stencil is applied in silk screen printing …
79Assam Silk — denotes the three major types of indigenous silks produced in Assam mdash;golden Muga, white Pat and warm Eri silk. The Assam silk industry, now centered in Sualkuchi, is a labor intensive industry.Muga silkMuga silk is the product of the… …
80raw silk — noun 1. : reeled silk before the gum is removed 2. : a woven or knitted fabric of spun silk * * * reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed. [1300 50; ME] * * * raw silk noun 1. Natural untreated silk threads 2. Fabric made from these • •… …
