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PREFERRED TERM
Ply  
DEFINITION
  • v. To twist together two or more single threads or ends to make a thicker yarn or thread.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
  • ply yarn
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • 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
Moulinage (technique)

French

Ouvraison
Apprêt du fil
Scopinatura

Italian

Batido de la seda

Spanish

escobillado
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/63
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