bagasse |
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sugar cane or sugar beet refuse; a paper made
from bagasse. note "bagassinosis".
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filasse |
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any of various non-cotton vegetable fibers,
processed for the making of yarn.
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S-twist / Z-twist |
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terms describing the handedness of a yarn's
twist, a vertical yarn's strands' slant
following the stroke of the descriptive letter.
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linsey-woolsey |
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a fabric of linen and wool; an incongrous mixture.
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grandrelle |
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a yarn whose two plies are of contrasting colors.
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noil |
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a short fiber of a textile, separated from the
long by combing.
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ixtle |
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a fiber from agave, yucca, etc.
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poil |
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a silken yarn or thread used for velvet and
ribbon, and as the core of metallic yarn.
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thrum |
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the unused ends of a loom's warp threads, left
when the web is cut off; any short piece of
yarn, thread, or rope.
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