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PREFERRED TERM
Calico  
DEFINITION
  • n. The name of the city, from "Calicut" is given to a thin cotton tabby fabric with a printed pattern. The quality of it is determined by the texture in warp ends and filling picks.
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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
Calicot (tissu)

French

Calicò

Italian

Calicut

Spanish

Calicud
Calicú
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