• n. From Malay, meaning to tie, to fasten. As a technique or process, it is common in Indonesia and Malaysia. A pattern is resist-dyed on the warp or on the weft, or both but before weaving. A fabric that has been made with this process is also known as ikat.

• Dye

• Dyed (attribute)

• Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980; Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]

• http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300264090
• techniques > resist dyeing

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