Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| aba abaya abba | a Syrian cloth of goat's or camel's hair; a garment made from this. |
| abb | a textile yarn. |
| acrylic | (noun) a kind of fibre derived from acrylic acid |
| aida | a finely-meshed cotton fabric used for cross-stitch embroidery. |
| alamode | a soft, light silk, used in 19th century for shawls, dresses, etc. [Fr. a la mode, according to the fashion]. |
| alaska | a heavy fabric; also a kind of dessert. |
| alepine | mixed wool and silk or mohair and cotton fabric. [Arabic 'from Aleppo']. |
| allover | a fabric having a pattern extending over the entire surface. |
| angola | relating to a fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat. No -S. |
| aramid | a strong lightweight synthetic fibre, from which Kevlar is made. |
| armozeen armozine | a thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. |
| armure | a type of fabric with a pebbled surface. |
| arrasene | an embroidery material of silk and wool. |
| azlon | a textile fibre. |
| baft | a coarse fabric, orig. Oriental. |
| bainin | a type of wool produced in Ireland that is only partially scoured and so retains some natural oil. [Ir. bainin, homespun]. |
| balbriggan | a knitted cotton fabric. |
| baldachin baldachino baldaquin baudekin bawdkin | a rich embroidered material, orig. woven with woof of silk and warp of gold thread. |
| balzarine | a light cotton dress material. |
| baracan barracan | a coarsely woven fabric of wool, silk, and goat's hair. |
| barathea | a pebbly silk or worsted fabric with a broken rib weave. |
| barege | a gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted. [From Barèges, a village in SW France]. |
| barracan | see BARACAN. |
| batiste | fine linen; cambric; fine cotton or wool fabric, especially as treated for use as antiseptic dressing. |
| batt | a sheet of BATTING, cottonwool prepared in sheets for quilting. |
| batting | cottonwool prepared in sheets for quilting. |
| baudekin | see BALDACHIN. |
| bawdkin | see BALDACHIN. |
| bawneen | (Irish) a white woven material used for making jackets. |
| bayadeer bayadere | a fabric with horizontal stripes in strongly contrasting colours. |
| beaver | a heavy woollen cloth. |
| beige | a fabric made from undyed, unbleached wool. |
| bengaline | a crosswise ribbed fabric. |
| bobbinet | a kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand. |
| bolivia | a soft fabric. |
| bombasine bombazine | a twilled silk and worsted fabric. |
| boucle | a kind of rough-textured yarn or cloth. |
| brack | a flaw in cloth. |
| brilliantine | a glossy cotton and mohair fabric; also, a perfumed hair oil for making the hair glossy. |
| broadcloth | a dense twilled wool or worsted fabric. |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns; (verb) to weave with a raised design > BROCADES, BROCADING, BROCADED. |
| brocatel brocatelle | a kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc. |
| broche | woven with a figure; as, broche goods; (noun) such a fabric. [Fr. from brocher, to stitch]. |
| buckram | a stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments; (verb) to pad or stiffen with buckram > BUCKRAMS, BUCKRAMING, BUCKRAMED. |
| bunting | a thin worsted fabric used for flags etc, |
| burlap | a coarse material used e.g. for making bags. |
| byssal byssine | of or like BYSSUS. |
| byssus | a filamentous tuft ('beard') by which molluscs attach themselves to rocks; a fine flax and fabric woven from it > BYSSI or BYSSUSES. |
| caddice caddis caddyss | a kind of coarse woollen cloth. |
| calamanco | a glossy woollen stuff, plain, striped, or checked > CALAMANCOS or CALAMANCOES. |
| calico | a brightly printed coarse cotton cloth; (mainly British) a plain white cotton cloth > CALICOS or CALICOES. [From Calicut, former name of Kozhikode, a city in southern India from where this cloth was exported]. |
| cambric | fine thin white cotton or linen fabric. |
| camelot camlet chamelot chamlet | a strong waterproof silk or wool fabric. |
| candlewick | a soft cotton tufted material. |
| carmelite | a fine woollen fabric of beige or similar colour. |
| cashmere casimere casimire cassimere kashmir kerseymere | a soft twilled fabric made of fine goat's wool. |
| cerecloth | a cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter. |
| challie challis chally shalli | a soft lightweight silk, wool or cotton fabric. |
| chambray | a lightweight fabric with coloured warp and white filling. [From Cambrai in France]. |
| chamelot | see CAMELOT. |
| chamlet | see CAMELOT. |
| charmeuse | a soft satiny material. |
| chenille | a velvety silk, wool or cotton fabric with protruding pile. |
| cheviot | a coarse heavy plain or twilled wool or worsted. |
| chiffon | a sheer silk fabric. |
| chiffony | like CHIFFON. |
| chino | a strong twilled cotton cloth, usually khaki-coloured > CHINOS. [Sp. chino, toasted]. |
| chints chintz | a glazed printed cotton fabric > CHINTSES, CHINTZES. |
| chintzy | like chintz > CHINTZIER, CHINTZIEST, CHINTZILY. |
| ciclaton ciclatoun | a costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. |
| circassian circassienne | a kind of light CASHMERE. |
| cire | a fabric with a waxed finish (the e is accented). |
| cloque | a fabric with an embossed design. |
| clothlike | like cloth. |
| coburg | a thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk. [From Coburg in Germany]. |
| corduroy | a sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges; (verb) to build a road of logs laid side by side transversely > CORDUROYS, CORDUROYING, CORDUROYED. |
| cotton | the long hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant; a fabric made from this; (verb) to take a liking > COTTONS, COTTONING, COTTONED. |
| cottonade | a somewhat stout and thick fabric of cotton. |
| cottony | having the texture of cotton > COTTONIER, COTTONIEST. |
| coutil coutille | a strong cotton fabric used in mattresses etc. |
| crape crepe | a thin crinkled silk or other fabric formerly dyed black and used for mourning clothes; (verb) to cover or shroud with crepe. |
| crapelike | like CRAPE. |
| crapy | having the texture of CRAPE > CRAPIER, CRAPIEST. |
| crash | a coarse strong linen. [Perhaps from Russian krashenina, coloured linen]. |
| crepey crepy | having the texture of CREPE > CREPIER, CREPIEST. |
| crepiness | the state of being CREPY. |
| crepoline | a light crape-like dress silk or nylon. |
| crepon | a heavy CREPE fabric with lengthwise crinkles. |
| crepy | see CREPEY. |
| cretonne | a heavy cotton or linen cloth. |
| crewel | a fine worsted yarn; (verb) to work in this > CREWELS, CREWELLING, CREWELLED. |
| cubica | a fine worsted fabric used for linings. |
| cypress cyprus | silk or cotton gauze fabric, usually black > CYPRESSES, CYPRUSES. |
| dacron | tradename for a synthetic polyester fibre. |
| damask | a fine lustrous fabric with flat patterns and a satin weave; (verb) to weave with richly patterned designs > DAMASKS, DAMASKING, DAMASKED. |
| damassin | a kind of modified DAMASK or brocade. |
| delaine | a kind of fabric for women's dresses. |
| denim | coloured twilled cotton fabric for jeans, overalls, etc > DENIMS. [Fr. de, of + Nimes, a town in S. France where it was manufactured]. |
| dimity | a sheer and stout white cotton. |
| doily doyley doyly | orig. a kind of woollen fabric, now a paper or lace place-mat. |
| domett | a plain cotton-wool blend. |
| donegal | a type of tweed. |
| dorneck dornick dornock | a coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium. |
| doupioni dupion douppioni | a kind of silk yarn. |
| dowlas | a coarse linen cloth > DOWLASES. [From Daoulas or Doulas, near Brest, in Brittany]. |
| drabbet drabette | a kind of coarse linen. |
| dreadnaught dreadnought | a thick woollen cloth or garment made of it for wear in inclement weather; also a kind of battleship. |
| drill drilling | a durable twilled cotton fabric; (verb) to make a hole in. |
| drugget | a coarse durable wool fabric. |
| duffel duffle | a blanket fabric with nap on both sides. |
| dungaree | a heavy coarse durable twilled cotton, usually coloured. |
| dupion | see DOUPIONI. |
| durant | a strong cloth in imitation of buff leather. [OF. pp of durer, to last]. |
| duroy | a coarse woollen material. |
| duvetine duvetyn duvetyne | a smooth lustrous velvety fabric. |
| dynel | a synthetic fibre. |
| elastane | a synthetic fibre that retains its shape after being stretched. |
| eolienne | a fine dress fabric of silk and wool. |
| etamin etamine | a loosely woven open-mesh cotton or worsted fabric. |
| faconne | a fabric with a pattern of small figures woven into it. |
| faille | a shiny closely woven silk, cotton or rayon fabric. |
| farandine farrandine ferrandine | a silk and wool cloth. |
| fearnought fearnaught | a strong thick kind of woollen cloth used for weather- resistant clothes, porthole covers etc. |
| felt | a soft fabric formed without weaving, filaments pressed together using the natural tendency of the fibres of wool and certain kinds of hair to interlace and cling together; (verb) to cover with felt > FELTS, FELTING, FELTED. |
| feltlike | resembling FELT. |
| felty | like felt > FELTIER, FELTIEST. |
| ferrandine | see FARANDINE. |
| fibreglass fibreglass | a synthetic fibre made of fine filaments of molten glass. |
| fibranne | a fabric made of spun-rayon yarn. |
| fibreglass | see FIBERGLASS. |
| fibroline | a yarn of flax, jute and hemp waste. |
| filoselle | (silk thread similar to) floss silk. |
| fishnet | a material used for stockings. |
| flannel | a soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture; (verb) to flatter, soft-soap > FLANNELED/FLANNELLED. [Prob. from Welsh gwlan, wool]. |
| flannelet | a cotton imitation of flannel. |
| flannen | flannel. |
| flax | the fibres of the plant Linum, which are woven to make linen cloth; the plant itself. |
| flaxy | like flax; flaxen > FLAXIER, FLAXIEST. |
| florence florentine | a durable silk textile fabric. |
| floss | fine silk in spun strands not twisted together; (verb) to clean between the teeth with a strong thread > FLOSSES, FLOSSING, FLOSSED. |
| flossy | made of or like FLOSS > FLOSSIER, FLOSSIEST; FLOSSILY. |
| fluffball | a ball of fluff. |
| foulard | a soft lightweight plain-woven or twilled silk fabric. |
| foule | a fulled cloth, esp. a light woollen smooth-surfaced dress material; the e has an accent. |
| frizado | a fine frieze-like fabric. |
| fuji | a silk fabric. |
| fustian | a coarse, sturdy cloth of cotton and flax; also, pretentious language. |
| gabardine gaberdine | a closely woven twill fabric; a coat of this material. |
| galatea | a durable cotton cloth, often striped. [From HMS Galatea]. |
| gambroon | a twilled cloth of worsted and cotton. [Gambrun, a town in Persia]. |
| gauze | a transparent fabric. |
| gauzy | pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze > GAUZIER, GAUZIEST; GAUZILY. |
| gazar | a stiff silk fabric, silk organza. |
| genappe | a smooth worsted yarn used with silk in fringes etc. [From Genappe a town in Belgium, the orig. place of manufacture]. |
| georgette | a kind of thin silk. |
| geotextile | any strong synthetic fabirc used in civil engineering e.g. to retain an embankment . |
| gingham | a striped cotton cloth. [Malay genggang, striped]. |
| ginning | cotton as it comes from a gin. |
| glassine | a transparent, glazed greaseproof paper. |
| gloria | a type of very closely woven fabric, usu of a mixture of silk or nylon and wool or cotton, often used for umbrellas. |
| gossypine | cottony. [L. gossypion, cotton]. |
| greige | an unfinished fabric of a grey-brown colour. |
| grogram | a coarse loosely woven silk and mohair fabric. |
| grosgrain | a heavy close-woven corded silk. |
| gunny | a strong coarse jute fabric. [Hindi gani, sack]. |
| gurrah | a coarse Indian muslin. [Hindi garha, thick]. |
| harn | a coarse linen fabric. |
| herden hurden | a coarse fabric made from HARDS, the refuse of hemp. |
| herringbone | twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines. |
| hessian | a strong coarse cloth made of hemp or jute. |
| hodden hoddin | a coarse undyed homespun woollen cloth. |
| holland | a coarse plain-woven cotton or linen. |
| homespun | cloth made of yarn spun at home; a material resembling this. |
| honan | a PONGEE fabric of even color made originally by silkworms from Honan province, China. |
| hopsack | a rough-surfaced loose fabric. |
| huck | a durable fabric. |
| huckaback | an absorbent cotton or linen used for towels. |
| humhum | a kind of plain, coarse cotton cloth used in the East Indies. |
| hurden | see HERDEN. |
| ikat | a tie-dyed fabric. |
| jaconet | a kind of thin cotton fabric, especially with one side glazed. [Hindi Jagannath (now Puri) in India, its place of origin > cf. JUGGERNAUT.] |
| jacquard | an intricately-woven variegated fabric. |
| jamdani | a kind of Dacca muslin. |
| jaspe | mottled, variegated; (noun) a cotton cloth with a shaded effect. |
| jean | a twilled cotton cloth. |
| jeanette | a light or coarse JEAN, a twilled cotton cloth. |
| jersey | a knitted (usu woollen) garment for the upper body; a fine knitted fabric in cotton. |
| kalamkari | a method of colouring and decorating by several dyeings or printings; a chintz fabric treated this way. |
| kappa tapa tappa | a kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry. |
| kashmir | see CASHMERE. |
| kelter | a coarse cloth made of black and white wool mixed and not dyed. |
| kente | a brightly coloured woven cloth of Ghana, usus. with some gold thread. |
| kersey | a coarse woollen cloth. |
| kerseymere | see CASHMERE. |
| khaddar khadi | homespun cotton cloth. |
| kincob | a rich silk fabric. [Urdu kimkhab]. |
| kitenge | a brightly coloured cotton cloth. |
| lace | a delicate ornamental fabric made by looping, knotting, plaiting or twisting threads into definite patterns; (verb) to fasten by means of a lace (a cord for drawing together two edges) > LACES, LACING, LACED. |
| lanital | a woollike fibre. |
| lasting | a sturdy cotton or worsted cloth. |
| lawn | a fine linen or cotton fabric, used for clothing. |
| leno | a thin, muslin-like fabric. |
| levantine | a closely-woven twilled silk cloth. |
| lightfast | of a fabric, that doesn't fade on exposure to light. |
| linen | a fabric woven from the fibres of FLAX. |
| lineny | like linen > LINENIER, LINENIEST. |
| linsey | a coarse linen and wool blend. |
| lint | an absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc. |
| lisle | a long-stapled, hard-twisted cotton yarn. |
| lockram | a sort of coarse linen. |
| loden | a thick waterproof woollen cloth. |
| longcloth | a cotton made in long pieces. |
| lurex | a thin glittery thread. |
| lustrine lustring lutestring | a glossy silk cloth. |
| lycra | a synthetic elastic fabric. |
| lyne | linen. |
| mackinaw | a heavy napped and felted wool cloth; a flat-bottomed lake boat. [From Mackinaw City, Michigan, USA, formerly an important trading post.] |
| madras | a fine plain-woven cotton or silk. [From the Indian seaport]. |
| maline | a delicate net used for veils. [Fr. name of Mechelin in Belgium]. |
| manta | a cloak; a rough-textured cotton fabric; a kind of ray. [Sp. manta, blanket]. |
| marcella | cotton or linen in twill weave. [Anglicisation of Marseilles]. |
| marocain | a ribbed crepe fabric. |
| marquisette | a sheer fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or nylon. |
| marseille | (Fr.) a strong cotton fabric with a raised surface, used for bedspreads etc. |
| matelasse matellasse | a jaquard fabric) having a raised pattern as if quilted. |
| melton | a strong and smooth heavy woollen cloth. |
| merino | a soft woollen or wool and cotton cloth > MERINOS. |
| messaline | a soft lightweight silk with a satin weave. |
| metallic | a fabric made or coated with metal > METALLICS. |
| microfibre microfiber | a cloth of tightly woven synthetic fibre. |
| mockado | an inferior quality woollen fabric > MOCKADOES. [Ital. mocaiardo, haircloth]. |
| mohair | a fabric made from the silky hair of angora goats. [Arabic mukayyar, cloth of goat's hair]. |
| moire | watered silk; the e has an accent. |
| moleskin | a heavy durable cotton. |
| mongo mongoe mungo | the waste produced in a woollen mill; low quality wool > MONGOS, MONGOES, MUNGOS or MUNGOES. |
| monofil | a single strand of synthetic fibre. Cf. MULTIFIL. |
| moquette | a thick piled fabric used in upholstery and carpeting. |
| moreen | a stout corded wool or cotton. |
| mousseline | a French dress fabric; also a hollandaise sauce with whipped cream or egg whites added. |
| moygashel | an Irish linen. |
| mull | a fine soft muslin; (verb) to ponder over, study > MULLS, MULLING, MULLED. |
| mulmul mulmull | a fine, soft muslin. |
| multifil | a multiple strand of synthetic fibre. Cf. MONOFIL. |
| mungo | see MONGO. |
| muslin | a plain-woven fine cotton. |
| muslinet | a sort of coarse or light cotton cloth. |
| nainsook | a fine cotton fabric. [Hindi nainsukh]. |
| nankeen nankin | a durable buff-coloured cotton. [From Nanking in China]. |
| needlecord | thinly ribbed cotton. |
| ninon | a lightweight dress fabric of silk, nylon, etc. |
| noil | short fibres combed from long fibres during textile preparation. |
| noily | of or like NOIL, a kind of short fibre > NOILIER, NOILIEST. |
| nonshrink | of a fabric, resistant to shrinking. |
| oo | wool > OOS. |
| organdie organdy | a fine translucent cotton. |
| organza | a transparent thin silk or nylon. |
| organzine | a silk yarn of two or more threads put together with a slight twist; a fabric made of this yarn. |
| orlon | a tradename for a crease-resistant acrylic fibre. |
| osnaburg | a coarse linen or cotton. [Alt. of Osnabrück, a town in northern Germany]. |
| oxford | a soft durable plain-woven cotton. |
| paduasoy | corded silk; a garment of this. [Fr. peau-de-soie]. |
| paisley | a woollen or other fabric with a pattern resembling Paisley pattern. |
| palampore palempore | a superior kind of dimity made in India, used for bed coverings. [From the town of Palampur]. |
| panne | a heavy lustrous silk or rayon with a waxy feel. |
| paramatta parramatta | a cotton or silk and wool dress material. |
| pashim pashm | the fine underfleece of the goats of N. India, used for making rugs, shawls etc. [Persian pashm, wool]. |
| pashmina | a shawl made from PASHM, the fine underfleece of the goats of N. India. |
| pearlin pearling | a lace of silk or thread, used as edging. |
| pebbleweave | an irregularly textured material made from twisted yarn. |
| pekin | a fine soft silk. |
| penang | a cotton fabric. |
| penistone | a cloth, a coarse frieze, formerly made at Penistone in Yorkshire. |
| percale | a closely woven French cambric. |
| percaline | a glossy lightweight cotton. |
| persienne | an Eastern cambric or muslin with a coloured printed pattern; (pl.) Persian blinds, outside shutters of thin movable slats. |
| petersham | a rough, knotted woollen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material. |
| pilling | the development of pills on the surface of a fabric. |
| pima | a strong cotton. [From Pima County, Arizona]. |
| pina | pineapple; also, a fine cloth woven of pineapple fibre; the n has a tilde. |
| pincheck | a fabric design. |
| pinwale | a type of fabric. |
| plaided | of the material of which plaids are made; tartan. |
| plaiding | a strong woollen twilled fabric. |
| pleather | a plastic fibre made to look like leather. |
| plisse | of a fabric, chemically treated to produce a shirred or puckered effect; (noun) a puckered texture of cloth. |
| polycotton | a synthetic fabric. |
| pongee | a thin, soft silk from China, naturally colored beige or tan; a cotton or rayon imitation of this. [Perhaps from pun-chi, own loom] |
| poodle | a coarsely looped or nubby fabric; also a kind of dog. |
| poplin | a corded fabric with a silk warp and worsted weft. |
| poplinette | an imitation POPLIN. |
| prunella prunelle prunello | a strong silk or woollen material, formerly used for academic and clerical gowns and women's shoes. |
| quintin | a kind of fine linen. |
| rabanna | a Madagascan raffia fabric. |
| ragg | a wool fibre. |
| raploch | a homespun material. |
| raschel | a type of light loosely knitted cloth. [Ger. Raschelmaschine, a kind of knitting-machine]. |
| ratine ratteen rateen | a rough dress fabric. |
| rayon | a synthetic fiber. |
| rep repp | a kind of corded cloth. |
| ripstop | a fabric, esp. nylon, woven with a series of raised areas to reduce ripping. |
| rolag | a roll of combed sheep's wool ready for spinning. [Gaelic ròlag, dim. of rola, a roll]. |
| rugging | a coarse kind of woollen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc. |
| russel | a ribbed cotton and woollen material. |
| sagathy | a light blend of silk and cotton or wool. |
| samite | a rich and heavy silk, sometimes interwoven with gold or silver. |
| sarcenet sarconet sarsenet sarsnet | a thin tissue of fine silk. |
| satara | a ribbed lustred wool. |
| sateen | a glossy cotton or wool. |
| satin | a closely-woven silk with a lustrous and unbroken surface showing much of the warp; (verb) to make satiny > SATINS, SATINING, SATINED. |
| satinet satinetta satinette | a thin satin. |
| satiny | resembling satin > SATINIER, SATINIEST. |
| saxony | a fine soft woollen fabric. |
| say | a woollen fabric like serge. |
| schappe | a fabric of waste silk, with gum etc. partially removed by fermentation; (verb) to subject to this > SCHAPPES, SCHAPPEING, SCHAPPED. |
| scrim | a durable plain-woven cotton fabric. |
| seersucker | a light, thin fabric, such as cotton or rayon, with a crinkled surface and a usually striped pattern. [Ultimately from Persian 'shir o shakkar', or literally, 'milk and sugar']. |
| sempiternum | a durable wool. |
| sendal | a thin silk or linen. |
| serge | a strong twilled worsted. |
| serging | a process of finishing the raw edges of a fabric. |
| seric | silken. [Gr serikos, from Seres the Chinese people who produced silk in ancient times]. |
| shagpile | of carpets, having a pile of long thick fibres. No -S. |
| shahtoosh shatoosh | a soft wool from a Tibetan antelope. |
| shalli | see CHALLIE. |
| shalloon | a light woollen fabric, used for coat-linings. [OF chalon; perhaps made at Châlons-sur-Marne]. |
| shamina | a wool blend of SHAHTOOSH and PASHM. |
| shantung | a plain rough cloth of wild silk. [Shantung province in China]. |
| sharkskin | a smooth durable wool or worsted fabric. |
| sheeting | cloth for sheets, a protective covering. |
| sherpa | a soft fabric for linings. |
| shetland | a lightweight loosely twisted wool fabric. |
| shoddy | of poor quality > SHODDIER, SHODDIEST; SHODDILY; (noun) a woollen fibre obtained by shredding refuse woollen rags > SHODDIES. |
| shweshwe | an African cotton print fabric. |
| sicilienne | a kind of ribbed silk. |
| silesia | a thin twilled cotton or linen. [From Silesia in Poland]. |
| silk | a fibre produced by the larva of a silkworm moth; (verb) to cover or clothe with silk > SILKS, SILKING, SILKED. |
| silkaline silkoline silkalene | a soft light cotton fabric resembling silk. |
| silken | to make silken > SILKENS, SILKENING, SILKENED. |
| silklike | like silk. |
| silkoline | see SILKALINE. |
| silky | like silk > SILKIER, SILKIEST; SILKILY. |
| sindon | a fine thin fabric of linen, cotton, or silk. |
| sizing | the treatment of a fabric with size. |
| sleave | to separate silk threads into the filaments that made them. |
| soneri | a cloth of gold. [Hindi sona, gold]. |
| stammel | a coarse woollen fabric, usually dyed red; a bright red colour. |
| stockinet stockinette | an elastic knitted fabric for undergarments, etc. |
| strouding | a coarse woollen material used for a STROUD, a type of blanket. |
| suedette | a fabric made with a velvet-like nap representing suede. |
| suiting | cloth used for making suits. |
| surah | a soft twilled fabric. |
| surat | a coarse uncoloured cotton (from Surat, in India. |
| swansdown | a heavy napped cotton flannel. |
| swanskin | a soft napped fabric resembling flannel. |
| swiss | a cotton fabric. |
| swissing | ordinary calendering of cloth. N.B. there is a noun SWISS, but no verb SWISS, so no SWISSED*. |
| tabaret | an upholsterer's silk fabric, with alternate stripes of watered and satin surface. |
| tabbinet tabinet | a fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. |
| tabbis | a silk fabric. |
| tabby | plain-woven silk taffeta fabric; a greyish or brownish cat with dark stripes; (verb) to water silk to cause it look wavy > TABBIES, TABBYING, TABBIED. [Fr. tabis, from OF atabis, from Med. L. attabi, from Arabic attabi after al-Attabiya, a suburb of Baghdad] |
| tabinet | see TABBINET. |
| taffeta taffetas | a thin glossy silk > TAFFETAS, TAFFETASES |
| taffetised | made to resemble taffeta. |
| taffety | of or like taffeta > TAFFETIER, TAFFETIEST |
| tamin tamine | a thin worsted stuff, highly glazed. |
| tamise | a thin woollen fabric. |
| tapa | see KAPA. |
| tappa | see KAPA. |
| tarlatan tarletan | a thin, stiffly-starched, open-weave muslin. |
| tasar tussor tussore tussar tusseh tusser tussah tussur | a fawn-coloured silk made from wild Indian silkworms |
| tattersall | a pattern of squares formed by dark lines on a light background; a cloth with this pattern. |
| terry | a piled fabric consisting of uncut loops. |
| terylene | a synthetic polyester fibre. |
| textile | a woven fabric. |
| thibet | a fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of CAMLET. |
| ticken ticking | the strong material of which ticks, mattress coverings, are made. |
| tiffany | a transparent silk-like gauzy fabric. |
| toile | a thin dress material. |
| toilinet toilinette | a kind of woollen cloth, silk and cotton warp. |
| torchon | coarse lace or paper; a duster or dishcloth. |
| triacetate | a kind of textile fibre. |
| tricolette | silk or rayon knitted fabric. |
| tricot | a plain knitted silk or woollen fabric. |
| tricotine | a double-twilled worsted fabric. |
| tufftaffeta tufftaffety tuftaffeta tuftaffety | a taffeta with a tufted pile. |
| tulle | a sheer and delicate thin silk. [From Tulle in France]. |
| tussah | see TASAR. |
| tussar | see TASAR. |
| tusseh | see TASAR. |
| tusser | see TASAR. |
| tussor | see TASAR. |
| tussore | see TASAR. |
| tussur | see TASAR. |
| tweed | a rough twilled wool. |
| tweel twill | any diagonally woven fabric; (verb) to weave twill. |
| underwool | the underneath part of a sheep's fleece. |
| valencia | a kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. |
| velcro | a nylon fastening. |
| vellet | velvet. |
| velour velours velure | a woollen stuff with velvet-like pile. |
| veloutine | a velvety corded wool. |
| velure | see VELOURS. |
| velveret | a kind of velvet having cotton back. |
| velvet | a silk, cotton, etc fabric with a soft close-cut pile; (verb) to cover with velvet > VELVETS, VELVETING, VELVETED. |
| velveteen | a kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet. |
| velveteened | made of VELVETEEN. |
| velvety | having the texture of velvet > VELVETIER, VELVETIEST. |
| villiform | of the form or shape of velvet. |
| vinal | a synthetic textile fibre. |
| viscose | cellulose prepared for use as rayon, etc. |
| voile | a thin semi-transparent material. |
| wadmaal wadmal wadmel wadmol wadmoll | a coarse, hairy, woollen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor. |
| waisting | a type of dressmaking material. |
| watchet | a pale blue; a material of this colour. |
| waterwork | a piece of fabric painted to resemble a tapestry. |
| weatherise weatherize | to make (a fabric) weatherproof. |
| whipcord | a fabric with bold twill used for making dresses. |
| whipcordy | like WHIPCORD. |
| wigan | a stiff plain-woven cotton. |
| wincey winsey | a plain or twilled cotton. |
| winceyette | a kind of material used for nightwear etc. |
| winsey | see WINCEY. |
| witney | a heavy woollen fabric. |
| woolsey | a cotton and wool blend. |
| wool | the fleece of sheep, goats, yaks, etc, a modified kind of hair of which the fibres are soft, fine and curly; this spun into yarn or thread for knitting or weaving; fabric or clothing woven or knitted from such yarn. |
| wooly woolly | like wool > WOOLIER or WOOLLIER; WOOLIEST or WOOLLIEST, WOOLLILY, WOOLILY. |
| woolliness wooliness | the state of being WOOLLY |
| worcester | a kind of fine wool. |
| worset worsted | a woollen fabric made from closely twisted yarn spun of combed long-staple wool. |
| woven | a fabric created by weaving. |
| yarn | spun thread; (verb) to tell tales > YARNS, YARNING, YARNED. |
| zanella | a mixed twilled umbrella fabric. |
| zibeline | a soft lustrous wool fabric with mohair, alpaca, or camel's hair. [From a Slavic word for the sable (a small mammal related to the weasel)]. |