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Weaving > Interfunctional elements > Pick (yarn)
PREFERRED TERM
Pick (yarn)  
DEFINITION
  • n. A term formed within English by conversion. It refers to the weft threads so carried. It is also called the filling yarn.
BROADER CONCEPT
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ENTRY TERMS
  • filling yarn
  • weft thread
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
Fil de trame

French

Filo di Trama

Italian

Hilo de trama

Spanish

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http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/278
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weft
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