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PREFERRED TERM
Yarn  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Old English "gearn". A term used to designate thread prepared for weaving or knitting
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 à coudre (fil)

French

Filo (filo)

Italian

Hilo (hilo)

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/696
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