PREFERRED TERM
Crepe (yarn)
DEFINITION
- n. From the French "crêpe" and Latin "crispa". It determines any overtwisted thread either single or plied.
BROADER CONCEPT
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
Crêpe (fil)
French
Crêpe (filo)
Italian
Hilo crespón
Spanish
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URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/274
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