PREFERRED TERM
Fibre
DEFINITION
- n. From the French "fibre" and Latin "fibra", possible from the Latin roots "fid-". It refers to any substance composed of thread-like tissue or filaments, whether animal, vegetable or mineral that are capable of being spun or woven. It is the fundamental component that is used to make yarns and fabrics.
BROADER CONCEPT
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300014023 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)
NARROWER CONCEPTS
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; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Fibre
French
Fibra
Italian
Fibra
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/209
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