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PREFERRED TERM
Shed  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Old-Middle English "schad". The path across the warp in the loom, that is, the opening made between the threads of the warp by the motion of the heddles for the shuttle to pass through.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Segal, William. Encyclopedia of Textiles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972; Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Foule

French

Pas
Marchure
Passo

Italian

Calada

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/396
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