skip to main content

SILKNOW

Langue des données

TERME PRÉFÉRENTIEL
Warp (yarn)  
DÉFINITION
  • n. From the Old English "wearp" and Middle English "werpe" "worp" "warpe". It refers to the longitudinal threads in a textile which are extended lengthwise in the loom, those that are arranged on the loom. Usually twisted harder than the weft, with which these threads are crossed to form the web or piece. A single thread of warp is called an end. The term warp also denotes all the warp ends in a textile.
CONCEPT GÉNÉRIQUE
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. Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
TRADUCTIONS
Urdimbre

espagnol

Chaîne

français

Ordito

italien

catena
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/387
Télécharger ce concept :
CONCEPT PROCHE
Nous sommes ouverts à la collaboration, n'hésiter pas à nous envoyer vos suggestions à info@silknow.eu