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Textile glossary

This is a collection of terms related to textile, including types of woven fabrics and knits, fibers, thread, standards, processing, and quality.

100 terms
All terms Textile100 Button33 Lining12 Zipper24 Ribbon, Tape, Cord15 Interfacing16 Pocket Lining3 Loomstate3 Hook4 Elastic Band12 Lace8 Fusible Stay Tape6 Rib Knit4 Waistband Interlining1 Shoulder Pads4 Bra Pad1 Snap Button3 Sleeve Head Wadding1 Under Collar Felt1 Buckles And Rings11 Press Fastener · Eyelet Washer13 Thread1
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A2 terms

B3 terms

  • Back BrushedBrushed back fleece
    Back brushed is the term used for a textile or finishing process in w…
  • Bias
    Bias refers to the direction cut and laid out diagonally to the warp …
  • Broadcloth
    Broadcloth is a lightweight to medium-lightweight woven fabric made b…

C14 terms

  • Canvas
    Canvas is a thick plain-woven fabric made by densely weaving relative…
  • Carded Yarn
    Carded yarn is a spun yarn that is made by loosening short fibers in …
  • Care Label
    Care label is a label that shows the proper handling methods for wash…
  • Cashmere
    Cashmere is an animal fiber made from the fine, soft wool of cashmere…
  • Chambray
    Chambray is a woven fabric made mainly with differently colored warp …
  • Chiffon
    Chiffon is a woven fabric made with tightly twisted threads and woven…
  • Chino Cloth
    Chino cloth is a woven fabric made mainly from cotton thread in a twi…
  • Circular Interlock KnittingInterlock
    Circular interlock knitting is a representative weft-knit double-knit…
  • Circular RibRib knit
    Circular rib is a type of weft knit that alternates knit and purl sti…
  • Color Fastness
    Color fastness is an indicator used to evaluate how resistant the col…
  • Combed ThreadCombed yarn
    Combed thread is a thread spun by removing short cotton fibers and im…
  • Corduroy
    Corduroy is a woven fabric made by weaving pile yarns into the ground…
  • Cotton
    Cotton is a natural fiber made from the fibers that grow around the s…
  • Cupro
    Cupro is a type of regenerated cellulose fiber made from cotton linte…

D5 terms

  • Denier
    Denier is a unit mainly used for chemical fiber filament thread and t…
  • Denim
    Denim is a thick twill fabric generally woven with dyed warp threads …
  • DensityFabric density
    Density is an indicator of the number of warp and weft threads, or st…
  • Dobby
    Dobby is a fabric, or a weaving method, that uses a dobby mechanism t…
  • Double Weave
    Double weave is a fabric made by partially joining the two layers of …

F6 terms

  • Fabric Width
    Fabric width is a specification that indicates the width of a textile…
  • Filament Thread And Spun ThreadFilament and spun yarn
    Filament thread and spun thread are collective terms for thread made …
  • Flannel
    Flannel is a textile made by applying a fuzzy finish to woven fabric …
  • FleeceFrench terry
    Fleece is a knit fabric with a neatly knitted jersey-like surface on …
  • Fleece
    Fleece is a mainly polyester fabric that is fuzzy on the surface of k…
  • FuzzyBrushing
    Fuzzy is a finishing process that uses needles, brushes, or similar t…

G6 terms

  • Gabardine
    Gabardine is a high-density twill fabric with fine diagonal twill lin…
  • Gauze
    Gauze is a woven fabric characterized by a light, soft hand, made by …
  • Georgette
    Georgette is a lightweight woven fabric made with strongly twisted th…
  • Gingham
    Gingham is generally a plain woven fabric, or the check pattern itsel…
  • Glen Check
    Glen check is a traditional check pattern often seen in yarn-dyed wov…
  • GrainlineGrain
    Grain refers to the fixed direction of the threads or knit structure …

H4 terms

  • Hand Feel
    Hand feel is a term that refers to the texture and characteristics un…
  • Herringbone
    Herringbone is a woven structure or pattern in which the diagonal rib…
  • High-twist YarnHard twist yarn
    High-twist yarn is a thread made by applying more twist than usual to…
  • Houndstooth
    Houndstooth is a classic type of check pattern, usually created mainl…

I1 term

J2 terms

  • Jacquard
    Jacquard is a fabric and weaving method that expresses complex patter…
  • Jersey
    Jersey is a basic weft-knitted textile with V-shaped stitches on the …

L7 terms

  • Lace
    Lace is a general term for highly decorative fabrics that use thread …
  • Laminate BondingLaminate and bonding
    Laminate bonding is a process that adheres and integrates multiple la…
  • Lawn
    Lawn is a lightweight plain weave textile made with fine thread at a …
  • Linen
    Linen is a natural fiber made from bast fibers harvested from the ste…
  • LoomstateSheeting
    Loomstate is a relatively coarse plain weave fabric made mainly from …
  • Lot-to-lot VariationLot difference
    Lot-to-lot variation refers to differences in color, hand, width, thi…
  • Lyocell
    Lyocell is a type of regenerated cellulose fiber made mainly from woo…

M5 terms

N1 term

  • Nylon
    Nylon is a synthetic fiber whose main component is polyamide, and it …

O3 terms

  • Organic Cotton
    Organic cotton refers to cotton grown using methods that minimize the…
  • OrganzaOrgandy
    Organza is a thin woven fabric made in plain weave with fine threads,…
  • Oxford
    Oxford is a woven fabric made with a basket-weave-like structure, wov…

P10 terms

  • Piece Dyed
    Piece dyed is a method of dyeing woven or knitted textile after it ha…
  • PilePile fabric
    Pile is a general term for textiles in which threads are formed into …
  • Pilling
    Pilling is a phenomenon in which surface fuzz on a textile becomes ta…
  • Pique
    Pique is a woven fabric with a three-dimensional feel and moderate th…
  • Plain Weave
    Plain weave is the most basic weave structure, made by alternately pa…
  • Polyester
    Polyester is a type of synthetic fiber made mainly from petroleum-der…
  • Polyurethane
    Polyurethane is a synthetic fiber with elasticity that stretches and …
  • Ponte
    Ponte is a type of double knit with a smooth front and back and incon…
  • Poplin
    Poplin is a plain-weave fabric that often uses fine warp threads and …
  • Print
    Printing is a process of expressing patterns, motifs, and text on the…

R4 terms

  • Rayon
    Rayon is a regenerated cellulose fiber made from materials such as wo…
  • Recycled Polyester
    Recycled polyester is a polyester fiber made by reusing used products…
  • Ripstop
    Ripstop is a woven fabric, or weaving method, in which thick reinforc…
  • RollBolt (tan)
    A roll is a distribution and trading unit for textile with a fixed wi…

S12 terms

  • Satin
    Satin refers to a woven fabric, or more broadly the fabric itself, ba…
  • Satin Weave
    Satin weave is one of the three basic weave structures, created by fl…
  • Seersucker
    Seersucker is a woven fabric in which flat sections and puckered sect…
  • Selvage
    Selvage is the part formed at both edges when weaving fabric, which h…
  • Shape-retaining FinishWrinkle resistant finish
    Shape-retaining finish is a treatment applied to textiles and product…
  • Shrink-proofingSanforizing
    Shrink-proofing is a process that stabilizes shrinkage in advance to …
  • Shrinkage Rate
    Shrinkage rate is a quality control indicator that shows, as a percen…
  • Silk
    Silk is a natural animal fiber obtained from silkworm cocoons, charac…
  • Single Yarn And Two-ply YarnSingle and plied yarn
    Single yarn and two-ply yarn are thread structures that affect the ap…
  • Skew
    Skew is a phenomenon in which the direction of the warp and weft thre…
  • Slubbed ThreadSlub yarn
    Slubbed thread is a thread with intentional uneven thick-and-thin var…
  • Stretch
    Stretch refers to the property of textile or a product to stretch in …

T6 terms

  • Taffeta
    Taffeta is a woven fabric that is densely plain woven with fine threa…
  • Textile DefectsFabric defect
    Textile defects are a general term for defects that occur during proc…
  • Tricot
    Tricot is a representative warp-knit fabric made by knitting multiple…
  • Tweed
    Tweed is a general term for woven fabrics made mainly with spun wool …
  • Twill
    Twill is a woven structure in which the intersections of the warp and…
  • Twill Weave
    Twill weave is one of the three basic weaves, in which warp and weft …

V2 terms

  • Velvet
    Velvet is a pile fabric, or a knitted fabric with the same texture, m…
  • Voile
    Voile is a lightweight woven fabric made mainly with strongly twisted…

W5 terms

Y2 terms

  • Yarn Count
    Yarn count is a general term for units and notation methods used to i…
  • Yarn Dyed
    Yarn dyed is a dyeing method in which thread is dyed at the thread st…
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