• n. From the medieval Latin "calendra" "celendra" "cylindrus" and the French "calandre". A machine or device that has two or more rollers (cylinders, bowls) whose surfaces touch and make pressure on fabric passes between them for the purpose of smoothing or glazing, or for creating diverse effects as giving a lustrous effect, embossing, watering or giving a wavy appearance.

• http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300247544 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)

• 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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