PREFERRED TERM
Ply
DEFINITION
- v. To twist together two or more single threads or ends to make a thicker yarn or thread.
BROADER CONCEPT
- thesaurus:669 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)
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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