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PREFERRED TERM
Ground weave  
DEFINITION
  • The surface weave that is taken as a basis to the warp and weft floats. It serves as a foundation for pattern, texture or pile.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989; [www.oed.com] Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Armure de fond

French

Fondo (armatura)

Italian

Fondo (ligamento)

Spanish

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