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Moiré (fabric)


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  • n. From the French "moire", borrowed to English. It refers to those fabrics in which a ripple or watered finishing process has been produced by pressing or applying heat to flatten parts of the ribs and leave the rest in relief, in order to make them reflect the light differently.

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  • watered

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