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Cloth area > Drop repeat
PREFERRED TERM
Drop repeat  
DEFINITION
  • This term refers to the transverse repetition of a pattern unit because every alternate unit is dropped by different fractions, but commonly, by a half-lenght of the unit. It could be reversed or inverted.
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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] Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980
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