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Weaving > Weaving techniques > Grenadine (thread)
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Grenadine (thread)  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the French "grenadine" and from the name of the Spanish city Granada. It defines an open dress silk fabric, loosely woven, made of hard twist yarns in a leno weave.
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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]; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Grenadine (tissu)

French

Granatina (tessuto)

Italian

Granadina

Spanish

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