PREFERRED TERM
Gros
DEFINITION
- n. From the French, and it means big, large, bulky, thick, coarse. By the term gros it is known a kind of precise cannelé with two picks in each shed. It describes a variety of cross-ribbed fabrics. Normally it is a term applied to thick and heavy fabrics. They usually get the name from the place they are from.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- 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.
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IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Gros (attribut)
French
Gros
Italian
grò
Gro
Spanish
teletón
taletón por urdimbre
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/254
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