PREFERRED TERM
Plied yarn
DEFINITION
- It refers to the yarn that is composed by two or more yarns that have been spun or twisted, united by twisting also. The direction of the twist is, normally, the opposite of the one in the individual ends.
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.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Fil retors
French
Filato ritorto
Italian
Hilo torcido
Spanish
hilo retorcido
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/501
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