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Weaving > Interfunctional elements > Float (thread)
PREFERRED TERM
Float (thread)  
DEFINITION
  • n. A float is the portion or the segment of a yarn, in a fabric, that floats, i.e. unbound, over two or a group of ends or picks.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
  • flush
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre  International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Segal, William. Encyclopedia of Textiles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014; Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Flotté

French

Slegatura

Italian

Basta

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/60
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