PREFERRED TERM
Warp (technique)
DEFINITION
- n. From the Old English "wearp" and Middle English "werpe" "worp" "warpe". The action of preparing the warp for the loom.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; 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]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Ourdir
French
Orditura
Italian
Urdir
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/392
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