PREFERRED TERM
Yarn
DEFINITION
- n. From the Old English "gearn". A term used to designate thread prepared for weaving or knitting
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.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Fil à coudre (fil)
French
Filo (filo)
Italian
Hilo (hilo)
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/696
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