• n. Late Middle English via Old French from Arabic zaytūnī ‘of Tsinkiang’, a town in China. A silk fabric, with a smooth, glossy surface on one side with a thick, close texture made in a satin weave, either in a warp-face or filling-face effect. The threads of the warp are caught and looped by the weft only at certain intervals.

• Weaving techniques

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