tightly woven woolen fabric with fine vertical parallel ribs, family of gabardines – made with very strong twisted yarns – rope texture – used for winter clothing
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WOOL
continuous growth fiber of animal origin (alpaca, camel, Kashmir goat, guanaco, llama, angora rabbit, mohair goat, sheep, vicuña, yak) and used as textile material
WORSTED WOOL
wool passed through increasingly fine combs in order to eliminate the shortest fibers and the last impurities left by carding
YARN DYE or WEAVING DYE
is said of a fabric whose threads have been dyed before weaving
YARN TO YARNA
wool or cotton fabric in which the ” false solid ” effect is obtained by successively warping and wefting a light thread, a dark thread, etc.