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PREFERRED TERM
Heavy lift  
DEFINITION
  • When describing a binding system, by heavy lift it is meant the raising of the maximum number of ends or shafts required by the particular binding system.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Lourd

French

Armatura pesante

Italian

Ligamento pesado

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/440
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