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water-repellent fabric

02.10.2025

Cloth that is impervious to water, but still “breathes.”

water-repellent fabric

Cloth that is impervious to water, but still “breathes.”

w-construction

A double-weave construction for cut-pile fabrics in which the pile yarns are caught and woven through a series of three weft yarns.

washable

Capable of being washed without ruining or distorting the fabric.

warp-faced fabric

A woven cloth in which the warp yarns predominate over the filling yarns.

warp prints

Usually a plain weave, the warp yarns are printed before the filling is inserted. The fabric has a very fuzzy design when design is distorted as fa...

warp knits

A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are chained with one or more contiguous threads on either side. Resistant to runs and relatively ea...

wale

In knit fabrics, a column of loops lying lengthwise in the fabric. The number of wales per inch is a measure of the fineness of the fabric.

waffle cloth

A fabric similar to pique in texture and usually made of cotton, has a honey-comb weave made on dobby loom.